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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-13
FAUNTHORPE hits
RADICAL HYSTER|A
o,;+ish Attache Asserts Lack Of
Discrimination Menaces
Free Speech
IuIMICAL TO LABOR, HE SAYS

There is danger that the agitation
,.,;nst bolshevism in this country VIII
%, far and curtail the right CT free
.oob according to Colonel ]. G. Faun-
thorpe, an attache of the British en-
.,sov at Washington. The colonel was
h;s wav to the capital today follow
~. tbc Lincoln Day banquet in the
Pelleyue -S.ratford.
mr, seems to me-" he said. "and re-
,r,ber 7 am not speaking officially,
hot the newspapers and the people in
,his country show too much tendency
n lump as Bolshevists every one who
has socialistic theory of any sort what
aver. That is dangerous.
"If YOU 90 too far along. those lines
vou will repress free. speech, which is
= legitimate right of the people. IL you
do SO YOU will arouse against you the
real labor of the country. The real hon :
ost Iaborjng classes should have their
frsedom Of speech. You are risking the
tnrninr of the Federation of Labor into
tbe socialist ranks if you go too far along
' "As for Samuel Gompers. l consider
him real power for good in the coun =
try. m The stronger his position the bet
Tor The Federation of Labor can do
more to put down bolshevism than any
other one thing in the, country.
snesking of the steel strike, Colonel
Fanntborpe said there had been mis-
takes upon both sides, but he considered
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-13

cars to take care of the city's trans
portation problem.
''In New York city according to
Mr.. Wannmaker, "15, 900 men of the
street cleaning department, by all night
concentration Of effort, even employing
store clerks to work at night, cleared an
important business center of snow and
ice, thus opening up arteries of travel.
"In the absence Of warm rain, could
not the new director Of public works,
by using day and night forces OF men,
clear Broad street, north and south /;
Locust, Walnut, Chestnut, Market and
Arch streets, Girard and Columbia ave-
nues, east and west, as beginning OF
relief to the shut ins, thus opening the
main arteries Of traffic and allowing
the doctors and nurses to relieve house
patients and get to and from the nos
pitals?
'oThe serious condition of our thor :
oughfares, interrupting the progress. OF
many phases of city and country lie,
deserves the consideration of the Mayor
and his staff Of assistants, as the out
of town people are discouraged by the
reports Of the dangerous condition OF
many OF the snow piled streets"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-13

Judge Gary had assumed position more
in accord with the middle ages.
There will be no insolvency upon the
part of Great Britain or France. he
said. Both countries may have to delay
interest payments on loans n short
time, but would work out their own sal
vGtion. The exchange situation, he said,
is, of course, serious.
81 have been particularly struck with
the great intelligence of your working
classes" he concluded. ''They are well
Informed and take an intelligent interest
in events-far more so than is the case
in Europe. Men of that type, if prop
erly handled, will never adopt Bolshevist
theories ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-13
WANAMAkER RAPS
TIE-UP OF STREETS
Asserts City Should Employ
Night Shifts to Clear Main
Avenues of Snow

A suggestion that the director of
public works could we'll follow the ex-
ample of New York and clear important
streets in the center of the city of snow
and ice. by night shifts Of men, was
made today by John Wanamaker.
Philadelphia, he writes, ''still
struggles helplessly in her snowstorm
shackles. which endanger the use Of
automobiles, and leave her streets an icy
wilderness at various points,"
Notwithstanding the efforts of trolley
crews. according to Mr.. Wanamaker
conditions make it impossible for the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-13
PHILA. STUDENT WEEDS
Francis T. Hobson Marries Walter
CAMPS Dauuhter at New Haven

Miss Janet Camp, only daughter of
Walter Camp, the football expert, was
married yesterday at New Haven.
Conn. TO Francis Thayer Hobson, of
this city.
The wedding took place at the home
of the brides parents, with members Of
both the Camp and Hobson families in
attendance. The Rev. Henry Wise
Hobson, of Cambridge, Mass, brother
of the bridegroom, performed the cere-
mony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-13
ILL MAN SAVED IN FIRE
Friends orope Way Through Smoke
and Carry Out Invalid

dUu NdTTy OVV THVd'IU
Timely action by Vincent Denaio and
Benjamin Stotts saved Peter Jones from
probable death today during fire at
141S North Second street. Cropping their
way through smoke and flame, the men
gained entrance to the room Of Jones,
who was ill, and carried him to safety.
The fire is believed to have been start
ed by the flame Of gas stove igniting
n curtain. A passerby saw smoke COM
ing from the window and informed De-
naio, who occupies the first floor. Stotts
is roomer in the house.
After saving Jones the men extin-
guished the flames, and when the fire
men arrived there was little for them
to do. The loss was small.
, 1920-11-11
COLORADO MINERS
RETURN TO WORK
NEGOTIATIONS WITH OPERATORS
TO BE CONTINUED BY
UNION.
STRIKE IS CALLED OFF
COAL MINERS RESUME WORK
PENDING SETTLEMENT OF
POINTS AT ISSUE.
western Newspaper Union New. service.

Denver, Nov. S.-The strike of lig-
mite coal miners in the northern Colo
RADIO fields, embraced by Boulder and
Weld counties, is ended. Acting on
the recommendation of a policy" COM
mittee of forty union leaders, repre-
senting the eight local union organiza-
tons in the affected district, the min
ers, in separate meetings at Louisville,
Lafayette and Frederick voted to re-
turn to their work, pending settlement
of the points mt issue in the dispute"
The total majority vote in favor of the
return TO work was Pol, members of
the committee announced. Union Off
Gals, at Il meeting held at Lafayette,
on the basis of returns from the refer
endum, officially declared the strike
ended.
Workmen employed in mines in the
vicinity of Louisville, at a meeting held
at that place, accepted the recommend
alton of the policy committee by a vote
of 50 10 SO, officials of the union an
nounced. At Erie the workers voted
Il to 4 to return to work.
Negotiations with the operators are
ne W ~ uespI.e
Sss,aiein 'e e" 'e "0'
ITnsnS "nh I'm
meeting of the Industrial commission
g.. ~ ~ ons WIN ca
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, 1920-11-11
HE NEEDED NO INTERPRETER
Up-to-Dateness Of Chinese Official
Rather Surprised This Pitts
burgh Banker.

A banker who had visited China sew
eral times on important financial mis-
sions thinks the "heathen Chinee" is
not only Intelligent but that he has a
delicate sense of humor, as well. He
tells this N on himself:
81 called on an important Chinese
official for a conference and. s~upposing
he knew no more of English than / did
Chinese, / took an interpreter. When
we arrived ut the Office of the official
1 told my business to the interpreter.
expecting him to translate my state
ment TO the Chinaman and then to re-
peat the reply to me in English. How
ever, ] had hardly finished speaking
to the Interpreter when the Chinaman.
with a humorous twinkle I'm his eyes,
leaned over and said TO me, in perfect
English: Mr.. Jones, please tell me
who is pitching for Pittsburgh this
year.'"-Wall Street Journal.
, 1920-11-11
STILL KEEN ON AIR TRAFFIC
Airships-Monster Zeppelin Said
to Be in Contemplation.

A few weeks ago Germany delivered
a brand-new Zeppelin. the largest yet
built, to France and another new Yep
pelin to Great Britain. Yet we are
told by the Airplane that Herr Coils
mann, the director general of the Yep
pelin interests, recently returned from
the United States after negotiating
with certain firms regarding transat-
lantic air traffic. Negotiations have
also been carried on with Holland.
Sweden and the United States for the
construction of airships on an inter
national basis. 1t Is rumored that a
new type Zeppelin airshlp. with "a DAD
capacity of 60 tons, accommodation
fU. 800 passengers and fuel capacity
for a voyage three times the length of
the Atlantic crossing is TO be evolved.
Scientific American.
, 1920-11-11
New York Warden Killed.

Mount Holly, n. Wv. Harry
King, warden of the Burlington coun-
ty Jail, was instantly killed, and
Charles Vernon, a trusty, was fatally
wounded by a prisoner who is said by
the county officials TO be Harry Assay
of burlington. Assay was treated dur
ing the night by the county physician
for delirium tremens. He is alleged to
have attacked the warden as the lat
ter was entering his cell to ascertain
his condition. Assay took refuge in the
Jail kitchen where he fought desper-
ately before being overpowered.
, 1920-11-11
Buys Entire Village.

Scarboro, n. Y.-The century-old
village Of Sparta, near here, Is now
the property of one man. Frank A.
Vanderlip, New York banker, has pur-
chased the entire village, and in or
der TO relieve the housing situation in
this section, he announced plans for
the erection of twenty modern tene-
ment houses and several other new
buildings. Mr.. Vanderllp said the VIII
lage was filled with some ''undeslr-
able citizens but that when 1t is re-
constructed, it is hoped "to get some
nice people"
, 1920-11-11

Nature and the Motor Fiend.
whats that humming sound?"
"That's a humble bee"
"He's got n mighty good engine"
, 1920-11-11
To Probe Madero Murdsr.

Mexico City-General Rafael Pr
mlento, who commanded the rurale
guards in 1913 when President Ma
dero and Vice President Jose Mario
Pine Suavez were killed, has been ar
rested. A government announcement
says that arrests OF other persons
holding military positions at the time
Of the assassination Of Madero and
Sunrez are TO follow. One Of the first
acts OF the present government was
to order n complete investigation into
the Madcro case.
, 1920-11-11
GENERAL

Announcement was made at Toledo,
Ohio, hat the WHY'S Overland auto
mobile plant, normally employing 49,
900 workers. win be shut down for in
ventory and viii remain closed for an
indefinite period.
The World Film Corporation must
pay Kitty Gordon $1,5Sl for injuries
received In making a wal film, ac-
cording to a decision by the Appellate
division of the Supreme Court of New
York. Miss Gordon was the heroine
in the defendants pictures which
showed n battle in mo Mans Land"
Her leg leg and arm were burned by
bombs exploded to make the scene
realistic during her rescue OF a fallen
man.
Cocoa and chocolate wholesale prices
dropped 4 TO Z cents n pound recently,
following the downward trend of cot
fee and tea, local manufacturers an
nounced at Montreal.
An unusual case was disclosed AT
La Crosse, Wis, by Deputy State Fire
Marshal L. NJ. Shearer. who announced
Mrs. Helen Biesen OF B"rinkmnnridge
had told him she had kept John G
Beier, n farmland, concealed for -four
months in n closet at her home. Ills
presence was discovered by her hus-
band, Nicholas Biesen, who was found
dead, the top Of his head blown off
by a shotgun, Aug. %. She said
Beier had told her he killed her hus-
band, according to Shearer.
Jack Dempsey, worlds heavyweight
boxing champion, and Georges Curpen.
tier, European t%itleholder, signed a
contract In New York binding them to
meet next March or between May Goth
and July 4th, to decide the champion
ship OF the world. The agreement,
which has twenty-seven clauses, Cabs
for a bout OF from ten 10 fifteen
rounds to be fought in the United
States. Canada, Mexico o r cuba,
where contests Of the character con
templated are permitted by law"
A woman has been elected 10 n son,
in the Indiana General Assembly for
the first time in the states history.
Mrs. Julia Nelson of Muncle, nomluut-
ed to succeed Clark D. Mckinley. state
representative from Delaware county,
who died, is the successful nominee.
The accident in the engine room or
tho French line steamer France, re-
sultlng In the death of ten Of her
crew soon after the vessel left Hayre,
Oct. 20, was caused by the bursting
OF an eight-inch high pressure steam
pipe, officers Of the ship said GU her
arrival Mt New York
, 1920-11-11

II you had Rheumatism last year
and treated only the pains of the
disease by rubbing with liniments
and lotions, you a be sure that
soon again you will be in the shack
les of this relentless foe. You may
get some slight temporary relief
from the pains of the disease by
the s of these local remedies, but
Rheumatism is too real and relent-
less a disease to be rubbed away.
So many of rheumatism
come from a tiny germ in the
, 1920-11-11
Will Rheumatism Again
Bind You Hand and Foot?

blood, that you should try a rem
edy that has proven SO thoroughly
satisfactory in these cases- S.S.S.,
the fine old blood remedy cleanses
the blood of all impurities. and re-
moves all disease germs that may
creep into the blood. Begin taking
SIS. today, and if you will write a
complete history of your case, our
medical director will give you ex-
pert advice, without charge. Ad-
dress Chief Medical Adviser, 157
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
, 1920-11-11
FIve MlIIonaIres EmpaneIed.

New York.-The names of five mil
lionaires We're linked with those of
less affluent citizens in the third
panel of the sherlff's Jury for
the coming year. Included in the
100 members of the panel we're John
ID. Rockefeller, Jr, Chauncey NJ. De
pew, Jr., Frederick W. Vanderbilt,
Bernard NJ. Baruch and Howard FL
lott.
, 1920-11-11

FORElGsN
The ~repnratlons commission has an-
thorized the Austrian government to
pledge the famous imperial tapestries
as security for a loan to purchase ca
900 IONS of breadstuffs.
Bombs dropped by Polish ~aviators
over the town of Vilkomir, forty-fiye
miles northeast of Kovno, Lithuania,
have killed or wounded n large num-
Der or persons, says a dispatch from
Kovno.
Gen. Alyaro Obregon, president-eIect
OF Mexico. commenting on the election
Of Warren G.. Harding. said that the
result was not surprising. 81 believe
Senator Harding will make a good
President and be n good nelghbor for
Mexico" he said.
The cabinet today nominated Leon
Bourgeois, president Of the council OF
the League of Nations former Premier
Rene Viviani, and former Minister of
Foreign Affairs Gabriel Hanotau1 as
Frances delegates to the League Of
Nations assembly in Geneva.
Fifty thousand refugees fleeing be
fore h advance of the Russian Boil
shevists in northern Crlmea are at
tempting to find ships to. take them
to ConstantinOple. Allies representa-
tives here, however, have advised Sc
bastopol that there is no room In Con
stantlnople for them.
Alfred Cocchi, charged with murder
nf Rnth Cr1gAr NThAan hnl,- ,.-,, f.,,al
buried in the cellar under his shop
in Brooklyn severn months after he
fled to Italy, was convicted OF murder.
He was sentenced to twenty-seven
years, four months and three days by
the court in Bologna, Italy.
The steamer Zenabe, flying the red
flag, and freighted with ammunition
for the Turkish Nationalist in Trebi-
zond, was sunk in the Black Sea off
Batum by a French destroyer. The
Zenabe went down after n tremendous
explosion occurred on board. Twenty
two members of her crew were taken
prisoner.
An inter-AIlied conference of organ
izations representing Allied combat
ANS III IHe WORTH war VIII open In
Paris November 2Sth. The United
States, through the American Legion
in France; Great Britain. Belgium,
Italy and Czecho-S lovakia will be rep
resented. Invitations have been sent
to organizations in Greece, Japan, Por-
tugal and Jugo-Slavia to have epre-
sentatives attend.
The Mexican government has suc-
ceeded in ~effecting a settlement with
the British government of the claims
for the murder of William S. Benton,
a British subject, who was murdered
Feb. II, 1914, by Francisco Villa or
his agents. near Juarez. The settle
ment consists of the payment of SI0-
600 cash to Benton's widow, a Mexican
woman, and a daily stipend of $3.50
ms long as she remains a widow.
A serious mutiny occurred in Mos
COW a few days ago, according to
travellers who have arrived in Riga,
Letvia, says the Polltiken. The trouble
commenced, the travellers report, among
Bolshevist soldiers in the suburb of
Khodynka, who refused to proceed to
the front unless supplied with new
equipment. Civilians sided with the
troops and there was considerable dis
order in the barracks and adjoining
streets.
, 1920-11-11
Few and Far Between.

Occasionally m meets II man who
gives direct answer to a simple ques-
tion, but most persons want to make
a Observation-Disclosures Public Ledger.
, 1920-11-11
Don't Seem to Mind.

did you hear about hat railroad
fiagman who resigned because people
were no longer friendly"
"Yes. Traffic policemen seem TO be
made of sterner stuff"
"Why soi"
you would think they'd resign for
the SANE reason, but they never do."-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
, 1920-11-11
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
western Newspaper Union New. service.
WESTERN

Feminism captured the city of Yon-
Gala, Ore, at election. An entire mu-
nicipal ticket of women was chosen,
men opponents being defeated for all
offices.
Allen Charlton. prominent Dallas
attorney, vas acquitted Of the charge
of murder by a jury In connection with
the shooting to death last June % of
Charles Eubank, Dallas business man.
Mrs. Laura Barker, 40 years old,
mother of seven children, was arrested
at Ogden, Utah, on IA complaint charg-
ing first degree murder in connection
with the death of her husband, Charles
Lee Barker, a railroad employee. Bar
ker died asst July. He is said to have
been poisoned.
Reports were received Mt Southern
Pacific Railway offices at a Fran
cisco that a Pullman porter was killed
and two passengers injured in a col
lision of two sections of n Southern
Pacific train at Coram, northern Cali
fornia. The train was Ell route from
San Francisco to Portland, Ore.
Nbiies AlhShu. WHICH ulTlnS the ROlU
rush of 1900 had n population esti-
mated at $4,000, was left with but 200
inhabitants when the steamer Victoria,
the last boat of the seaso for the
states, sailed from there, according to
passengers who were landed in Seattle,
Wash. The Victoria brought .523 pas
sengers from Alaska, $50 of whom
were from Nome. Many of these de
dared they would not return.
Clyde w. Ryder, % years of age, a
former lieutenant I'm the British air
service, credited with having brought
down twenty-one enemy planes, is
dead as a result of injuries received
near Wells, New, In a railroad acct
dent. Ryder was a Southern Pacific
fireman. As the train climbed the
Pequop grade, the side rods of the
engine became disconnected. In the
confusion following the accident,
Ryder leaped from the cab, striking
upon a pile of rocks.
, 1920-11-11

II isn't the cost of living that wor-
ries the man behind the bars.
, 1920-11-11
WASHINGTON

49,
ernOr of Samoa, shot n killed him
self, said a dispatch received at the
Navy Department.
Selection of Abraham l. EIkus of
New York, former ambassador to Tur-
key, as the American member of the
commission which is to decide the flu
ture status of the Aland Islands was
announced at the State Department.
United States secret service men
have taken up the task of guarding the
President-elect. The force under Miles
c. McCahill wen to Marion from Co
lumbus, Ohio, and assumed the duty Of
protecting the newly elected executive
from cranks, dangerous and otherwise.
according TO reports.
For the first time in more than five
years, tie international bridges be
tween Eel Paso, Texas, and Juarez,
Mexico, are unguarded by United
States troops. The removal of the
troops, it was explained at military
headquarters, is due to the restoration
OF peaceful conditions In Mexico which
make their presence no longer neces-
sary.
The last vestige of government con
troll over sugar has been removed
through signature by President Wilson
OF a proclamation providing for reyo-
cation Nov. IS of licenses held by
wholesalers, r%efiners, exporters and
Importers.
Observation-Disclosures Wilson to-
day directed Secretary Daniels TO
place a bnttleship ut the disposal of
P~resident-elect Harding for his con
templated visit to the Panama Canal
zone. The President also instructed
Mr.. Daniels to offer Mr.. Harding the
use OF the presidential yacht May
flower to convey him and the members
Of his party to Hampton Roads to go
aboard the battleship.
Recruits for the regular army con
tlnue TO flock in at record-breaklng
rates, Adjutant General Harris offices
announced, and 1925 enlistments ac-
cepted during October broke all pence
time records for the month. A notable
matter in connection with the record.
II was said, was the fact that 60
per cent of the months enlistments
were for the full th~ree-year period.
The total strength OF the army is now
'20S,7S1 officers and men, Of which
15S,466 are in the United States.
The War Department answered
charges that the government had suf-
fered great loss through the sale of
surplus war supplies with the claim
that Il had saved over S4,675. 342.ss1.15
TO the taxpayers through the sale Of
such supplies and Settlements Of
claims
Treasury operations for October re
suited In n further reduction in the
public debt, according to figures made
public showing the gross debt to be
S24,OG2, 5000 This represents a re
ductlon OF S24,S46,455 during the
month.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-04-27
CHEAPER FEED FOR cows

If you feeG your mile, cows alfalfa.
why feed bran? Ground milo heads
with alfalfa are better balanced ra-
ton than bran with alfalfa. costs less
and is n home grown product. Shall
we continue to send money out Of the
valley fo, jran when we can produce
n better and a cheaper feed herey The
following copy Of letter received from
the ~ NJ Agricultural College should
be convincing authority:
State College, New Mexico.
April 8, 1920.
Secretary, Mimbres Valley Farmers
Association. Deming, y. NJ.
Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry.
/ think you are correct in the opinion
that ground milo heads make a better
balanced ration with alfalfa hay than
does wheat bran, and n more digestihlc