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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
Lie Is Passed at
Council Hearing
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in such manner that it would com,
within the original appropriation.

Continued from Page One
in such manner that it would come
within the original appropriation.
Fail to Get Funds
Morrow said he did not think the
report could be cut down without ruin e
ing it. lie said he was. asking for the
additional appropriation rather than
come in at the end of the year with a
deficiency bill.
~ think the Municipal Court is an
cxtravagant department, and until ! get
it out of my head. j won't vote to give
that institution another cent" Burch
said.
Councilman Develin made n motion
to disapprove the ordinance, which car
ried. Llchholz's vote being the only one
cast in dissent.
Contractors who claim compensation
for losses incurred on city work through
war time conditions need expect no en- =
couragcmcnt from Council. members OF
Councils law committee asserted today.
The committee postponed action on q
bill to pay $1,000 to Day & Zim =
nlermann. an engineering firm which
built bridge over Pennypack creek at
Bensalem avenue.
Inc contract was let Deforc the war.
In 1918 the work was halted by direc
tion Of the governments capital issues
committee and the city. The follow
ing year the city directed Day & Zim-
norman to go ahead with the work. The
firm claimed the cost of completing the
bridge was S50,000 more than had been
estimated when the contract was made.
The old Councils voted 500. 900 of the
Il ii thn IL. .,f
agreed to pay the $14 900 balance. He
was restrained from making the pay
ment.
Councilman Devclin, chairman Of the
law committee. said:
81 am opposed to establishing prec-
edent of this kind. am told that
millions were lost by contractors, due
to wartime conditions. ! think they
should be patriotic and accept their
losses. and not expect the city to pay
them
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ROOSEVELT VOTE
SOL|DF0R HARDING
Republican Nominee Assured of
Former Bull Moosers' Firm
Support
SENATOR'S CHANCES GROW
By the Associated Press

~ ttt fhNSV'"'N" tO5S
Marion. o.. July GA number Of
conferences were scheduled when Sena
tor Harding reached his Office today.
Among those who called were Henry
L. Stoddard, Of New York, who at
tended the recent dinner in New York
of prominent Progressive leaders at
which resolution was adopted in
dorsing the Harding Coolidge ticket.
The senator continued the writing of
his speech accepting the presidential
nomination. Work on 1t is progressing
rapidly and he hopes to be able to 60
over the first draft with National
Chairman VIII II. Hays when the lat =
ter arrives late today or tomorrow to
spend the week -enu at the Harding
home.
Mr.. Stoddard said he came to Marion
to assure Senator Harding of the
Progressivcs' support in his campaign.
THE Roosevelt vote of 1912 is back
Of Senator Harding" said Mr.. Stod
dard. II think IL IL more back Of him
than it was for Mr.. Hughes in 1916.
both more solidly and more enthusiastic =
cally"
He said his statement was based on
conversations he had had within the
last fcw weeks with Progressive lerd
ers from all parts Of the country. Tie
added that because of Governor Cox s
reported attitude toward prohibition,
the Democratic ticket Increased Sena =
tor Harding's chances enormously west
of the Mississippi river" in the opin-
ion of persons with whom he had dis
cussed the situation.
Plans for the notification ceremonies
were discussed today between Senator
Harding. T. Coleman DUPONT and
Harry NJ. Daugherty. ...
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
ALL S|GNSPOINT "
TO BUMPER CROPS
Estimated Production and Acre.
age Of Corn Larger Than
Last Year

Washington. July 9.---An increosc =,
%, 600, 900 bushels in the countrr,s
wheat crop as compared with ,s,,
month, with total forecast of 80 ooo
600 bushels; prospective corn cro,
larger than, last years and larger crns
of oats, barley, white potatoes. tohaoppps
fax and rice than were grown q ,Oa.
ago. were the features of the povsrr euor
ment's July crop report issued toda.
by the Department Of Agriculture
Wheat production this wear win !.
800. 900 900 bushels. the Department " y,
Agriculture forecast today. basing ~ w
estimate on the condition July Of ,bo
combined winter and spring wheat
crops. Production of corn was forec.ss
at 2.770, 600, 900 bushels and the ar",
planted this year announced as 103
CAS-. 900 acres. N'o''
Other forecasts of production aro
Winter wheat, $4,000, 900 busbc,s,
spring wheat, 201 ,00O. 900; oats, /. 400
0OO, 900; barley, 1903 900 900: rvs
S2,OOO.OO0: white potatoes, 3sS. .O0G
900; sweet potatoes. 0S.50O 900; to.
bacco. ,501 900, 900 pounds: fax. IL a.
4OO.O 900 bushels; rice 52,1OO, 900: har
"a 4.S0O.OOO tons; apples (totaD. o00
600. 600 bushels; apples (commerciai
30. 200, 900 barrels peaches, 45, 200 on
bushels. ''''V0
Wheat remaining on farms Julv
is estimated at 81 per cent of io.t
years crop, or about Al, ,758, 900 hush.
els, compared with 19.281 200 last wear
and 81 ,023 900, the five year average,
Acreage Of crops not previously nm.
nounced is: White potatoes, 3,s4O..
900 sweet potatoes 1,O22, ZOO; tobacco
l 800, 700; fax, 1,706, 900 rice, 1,345'.
700.
Condition Of the crops on July 1 wa,
Winter wheat, 1911 per cent of a nor.
NAL; spring wheat, $50; all wheat
$50; corn, SAG; oats, SAT; barley
SIG; rye, S3.5 ), white potatoes, 50,
sweet potatoes, S7.2; tobacco, S4,3
fax, SOL (; rice, 900; hay, S5.5; an.
pies, 70.1; peaches, els.
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MAYOR TAKES STEP
TO BLOCK FARE RISE
confers With Twining on p. r.
IT'S Request to Collect Higher
Rates for One Year

Mayor Moore and Transit Director
Iwining conferred today on the Rapid
Transit Company's move to obtain Il
temporary order permitting the collec-
tiou of higher fares.
The Mayor and the department head,
u Is believed, also discussed the selec-
tion OF experts who will be engaged to
Hppraise the company's property IL
Council grants the necessary funds for
their employment.
The Public Service Commission now
has the companys petition for the TEN.
porary order. The request halted the
public hearings in progress here on the
tity's complaint against abolition Of
Tree transfers and other fare changes.
Recruiting of several lines out Filbert
street instead of Market street has
speeded up the running time on these
routes, the company officials announced
today.
Three traffic patrolmen today were
assigned to Filbert street and the Park
way to prevent traffic jams that might
hrise from the rerouting. Two sema >
phores will be used to control the flow
OF automobile traffic at that point.
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DERGD0LL IN N. ],
mother BELIEVES
Nete Letter From Wildwood,
supposedly Signed by Miss
Ing Draft Dodger
TELLS U. S. AUTHORITIES

4 Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoll mhther of
; thf draft .dodger. Grover Hergdoll. told
fhf fcderal agents today OF mysterious
NIGER she had received, signed presum =
49yx BIZ her son
The letter. postmarked Wildwood. y.
y.,l tells OF Growers troubles in cluding
the authorities and says that he is now
travelling about with woman TO shield
bis identity. He is known as III.
Norman" and the woman Is known as
Mrs. III. Worman.' the letter says.
=, A request that $500 be sent to
Grover through this woman is included
tn the missive
Mrs. Bergdoll is uncertain whether
the letter was really sent BY her son.
She disclosed it's contents today during
hfr appearance In the Federal Build
Ing to offer real estate security TO OBJ
tain the release Of cash bail in the
amount Of $4,000, which she had
given last Tuesday a week ago at the
time she was indicted. with seven
others, for aiding and abetting in the
escape OF her sons, Grover and Erwin.
Loses 800 by Exchange
BY the exchange. Mrs. Bergdoll lost
800 and got back only $4,000 in cash.
When Deputy Clerk Charles Fundin
Ger handed Mrs. Bergdoll the check for
5000 her face convulsed, and she sput-
tered
ss''where's my other S1OO?"
Fundinger explained that the act of
Congress made il mandatory on the
clerk to collect a commission of l per
cent on all moneys received and paid
out by him.
The mother Of Grover did not have
the mysterious letter with her, but SAID
IL was at her home.
She declared Il was not in the hand
writing of her son and that the author
explained this by saying that the writ
Ing must be changed somewhat to put
the federal agents of the track.
Mrs. Bcrgdoll would not say positive
ly, however. that the letter did not come
from Grover.
She was inclined, however, to view
with suspicion the request for $500.
This seemed to show it was an attempt
70 gouge, she stated.
Sonin law Puts Up Security
Her son in law, AL Hall. accom-
panied her to the Federal Building, and
u was his real estate security that was
used to effect the release of the cash bail
Mrs. Bergdoll, with three others un
ders Indictment in connection with the
escape Of the Bergdoll boys. was or
dered to appear in the Tnited States
X District Court Monday to stand trial.
S{ Asked what lawyer she would engage
now that u. Clarence GibbonPy. for
mer Bergdoll lawyer has expressed al
tuWillineness to continue his connec
fi0D with the family's aftairs, Mrs
Bergdoll said she would answer the in
dictment without an attorney an,
would plead not guilty.
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LEAVES $225, 1000 ESTATE
Mrs. Mary A. supplee Wills All But
z $500 to Relatives

: The will OF Mrs. Mary A. Supplee
OF 4lO2 Walnut street, who died June
10. at the Presbyterian Hospital, was
admitted to probate today. 1t leaves
1900 of a S22J 900 estate to the en- e
dowment fund of the Western Tenn
porary Home. The residue is devised
10 children, grandchildren and other
relatives of tho testatrix.
Gifts of 5000 each are made to the
women's branch of the Pennsylvania :.
p. G. A. and the American Anti Vivi-
section Society in the will of Angelinp
w. Eastnurn, 1404 North Thirteenth
street, who left an estate of $50 900.
Palmela S. Eastnurn, 466 Penn street
left an estate Of $8500. and Elizabeth
'McAdams, 861 North Thirty third
street, of $4,000.
Letters of administration were
granted in the estates Of Anderson
Smith, 554l Chestnut street. S41O0.
And Rebecca Koplin, 5l5 South Eighth
street. $500.
4 Inventories were filed in the follow
ing estates: Emile =. Middleton.
sS40 ,54D. .l2, and Harry Devine.
Sos84. Al.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
CAMDEN BAKER MISSING
Wife Reports Louis e. Mayer Has
Been Gone Nearly Week

Mrs. Bertha Mayor. 52l State street,
Camden, reported to the Office Of Prose =
cutor WDlvCrton this afternoon that
her husband. Louis +. Mayer, Jr, has
been missing from his home since last
Saturday.
Mayer is president Of the Maehcr
Baking Co.. Ninth and Elm streets.
Camden, and also has another baking
establishment at West and Clinton
streets.
According to Mrs. Mayer, her hus
band kissed her and her three children
good-by Saturday morning, and she
has heard nothing or him since. The
Mayors have been married eighteen
years.
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Harmony Prevails
at City Committee
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majority. agree with him. If the
tax issue is used it may 90 up to 230,-
000."
Harmony began humping over "A bad
rail toward the close of the meeting
when Harry 4. Mackpy. Ware leader of
the Forty sixth ward. ATTEMPTED to de-
scribe the ward committee election in
that area.
Spectators thought Il row was about
to start. but Coroner Knight saved the
situation by declaring Mackey out Of
order. Mr.. Trainer quickly moved to
adjourn the meeting. His motion was
carried.
In addition to Mr.. Cunningham,
leader of the Alliance. other administra-
ton leaders were Magistrate Campbell,
Twenty fifth ward: Richard Weglein,
president Of the Council; Councilman
Cans. Andrew W. Froosch, Harry j.
Trainer and Robert Grior.
Criticizes Moore on Electors
Senator Ware bluntly declared earlier
today that Mayor Moore had ''some
nerve in butting in" in the selection OF
presidential electors.
The senator made this statement
The Mayor had some nerve 'butting
in in some Of the districts, especially
the First, which gave more than 10000
majority against his candidate at the re =
cent primary election.
Prerogative Usurped
"Thc prrrogative Of naming the cleo
tors has always rested with the national
delegates My brother. Congressman
Ware, being absent on the high seas.
then, in all fair reasoning, the sclec
ton should have been up to his col
league in the national convention,
Councilman Charles p. Hall. These
two represented the First Congressional
district"
Concluding, the senator said with en-
phasis:
However. that kind of petty politics
will only increase the majority against
the Mayor"
Mayor Moore laughed, when told Of
Senator NNre's statement.
80 fsr as the Mayor knows, he
said, there was no intention to slight
anybody. 1t is too bad If he isn't sat
isfed.
The Ware leaders resent the selection
Of Joseph G. Trainer, brother Of Harry
J. Trainer, as the presidential electOr
from the First district, the home baili-
wick of the Wares. Trainer defeated
Congressman Ware for city committee
man from the Twenty sixth ward in the
recent ward committee elections. = Con
gressman Ware had represented the
ward in the city committee for years.
The electors for the Philadelphia dis
tricts, other than for the First, are:
Second district, William s. Sautter,
who was secretary of Charles DeIany's s
congressional campaign,
Third district, Robert Grier, Eight
eenth ward leader and real estate as
SCISSOR.
Fourth district, DR.. Russell II. Con
well, president of Temple University
and nationally known clergyman.
Fifth district. DR.. William A. Zieg-
Ter.
Sixth district, J. s. W. Holton, pres.
ident Of the Maritime Exchange.
The work Of getting the names ready
throughout the state is being speeded
up today 80 that the names may be
sent to Marion, o., and returned Ia
Harrisburg by July 12, the last day
for filing. Therefore, Leighton G.
Taylor, the senator's secretary, plans
to use the wires to save time.
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GOV. cox TO MEET
LEADERS OF PARTY
First Campaign Conference With
National Committee Set
for July 20
CUMMINGS TO BE PRESENT
By the Associated Press

Dayton. o., July 0.-The first i'm
portant conference to arrange Demo-
cratic party campaign plans will be held
here Tuesday. July 20. according to n
telegram received br Governor Cox, the
presidential candidate. from Homer :.
Cummings, chairman OF the national
committee. The governor has deferred
action until he has had conference
with the members of the subcommittee
Of tho executive committee and Franklin
d. Roosevelt, the vice presidential
nominee.
NJ. Cummings's telegram stated that
he had called meeting Of the entire
national committee FIR that date to
confer with the governor.
Governor Cox said hc was not def
nitely certain whether the con nfercnce
would be held here or in Columbus. as
In previous telephone conversation
with Chairman Cummings the latter
had indicated the conference would be
held in Columbus. Governor Cox il
of the opinion. however, that the in E
formation contained in the telegram
Supersedcs that conveyed in the telc-
phone communication.
Mr.. Cummings's telegram notifying
the governor Of the proposed conference
follows:
After consultation with Moore &c
II. Moore, national committeeman fol
Ohio and manager of the governors pre-
convention campaign) and others. hav,
called meeting Of the Democratic ma
tional committee to. assemble at tn,
Hotel Miami. Dayton. at II o'clock il
the forenoon of Tuesday. July 20. Thi.
will enable us to proceed in body t.
Trailsend If this accords with youl
wishes. A few Of the committee viii
probably arrive in town the day before
expect to follow that course. az there
are various matters I would like to hav,
an opportunity TO take up with yov
personally. Please let mo know
whether this Is in accordance with youl
wishes or whether YOU have any modif
cations to suggest.
Governor Cox indicated that the ar.
rangements were perfectly satisfactor,
to him and that he would SO advis,
Chairman Cummings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
CLASH
WITH COAL MINERS
Union Head Asks If Men Are to
Be Penalized for Big War
Production
MAY APPEAL. TO PRESIDENT

Special Dispatch TO Even,ho Public Ledger
Scranton. July 0.--During today's
session Of the anthracite coal commits
sion. after s. J. Warringer. president
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.
had referred to high wages made by the
mine workers during the war. Thomas
Kennedy, president of the miners union
in the Hazleton district, asked this
question Of the operators
"If the mine workers are to be
penalized for working to their last limit
to produce a record amount OF coal dur :
ing the war. would we not be justified
in ordering our men to return at once
to production as of 1O14p'
Warriner answered that he was not
under examination.
This question will be asked again
and we will insist on an answer" said
Kennedy.
The decision on the admissibility OF
evidence in support Of the miners
charges that the operators are profiteers
is expected to come this afternoon. The
miners threat to appeal To President
Wilson unless privileged to introduce
this evidence may be q deciding factor
in the decision.
During the sessions yesterday after
noon and this morning there were many
spirited clashes between representatives
of the mine workers aud the operators.
BY the ruling of the commission. an
answer made at one time by President
Warriner to a question asked by a mine
worker was stricken from the records.
At another, Warriner was advised by
w. l.. Connell. operators representative
on the commission. to withdraw an OK e
hibit he had presented.
After he had presented the exhibit,
Warriner refused to be examined rel
ative to it. Both sides have masses OF
figures yet to present and it does not
seem likely now that the decision will
come within a sixty day limit. After
the evidence has been presented and
arguments made. the commission will
return to Washington and frame Its
verdict
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
MEXICAN REV0LTS MINUTE
De La Huerta Says Five Rebel Gen
erals Have Few Followers

Mexico City. July 9.-By A. P.)-
Five generals have taken up arms
against the new Mexican Government
Provisional President De La Huerta
told correspondents last night, but he
declared they did not constitute mill
tary menace. since they had but very
few followers. He estimated that not
more than 800 men had been involved in
recent outbreaks.
Admission was made by the provis-
ional president that the new government
had fnced a rather serious situation upon
taking over the government couple OF
months ago, but he asserted the army
had been reorganized, that unstable
forces could not shake the administra :
tion. He said the government had no
knowledge of the reported attempt OF
Luis Cabrera and General Juan Barra :
gan to organize a revolution in north
erp Mexico.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
SHOW GIRL CAUSES
HUSBANDS ARREST
Woman Charges Man With Part
in N. Y. Murder and Possible
Killing Of Army officer
NOT WANTED IN GOTHAM

show girl caused the arrest OF her
soldier husband, who was a sergeant In
the American army and served twenty
five months in France. where he wat
gasscd and shell shocked, at 1 O'Clock
this morning at Fifth and Pine streets,
charging that he had been involved Ia
a murder in New York. T.
:. The young woman also told the po'
lice that she suspected him Of havinG
been concerned In the shooting Of Q
commissioned officer in France and OF
a negro in the South. She asked his
arrest, she. said, because she was afraid
OF him and believed he was insane. :
The soldier. gave his name as Jack
Welsh. and his address as New York,
Mrs: welsh lives at Filbert street
hotel and is with q theatrical com
pany.
A detective assigned to the New York
tenderloin district said that last month
Mrs. Welch had called on the district
attorney. telling him her husband had
murdered man In the subway. On
investigation this story was found de
void OF fact according to New York
authorities. who added the authorities
here would be requested to release
Welch as far as New York police in =
terests are concerned.
Mrs. Welsh followed the soldier
through the streets early this morning
AT Fifth and iPne streets she saw a
patrolman Of the Third and DE Lancey
streets station. She cried murder
and the patrolman came on the run. She
demanded that the soldier. who was In
uniform, though recently discharged
from the army, be arrested. She later
accompanied her husband to Central
Station.
Mrs. Welsh told her story to De.
tectives Clark and Engle. She married
Welsh, she said, in New York about
n month ago. He was convalescinl
from gas and shell shock. He had beer
in the army for thirteen years.
In January, she said. there was {
brawl In New York IN which her hus
band took part. One Of the men II
the fight, she said, was knocked dowr
and later died from the blow. She die
not know the details Of the other shoot
ings in which she suspected her hus
band had been concerned.
The detectives telephonod to the Thir
ty seventh precinct in New York an,
were told that there had been such
fight as Mrs. Welsh described about
month ago and asked that the soldie
be held until they could investigate
They promised to send man over i'm
medately to question him.
Welsh was held without bail for
further hearing tomorrow by Magistrat
Carson at Central Police Station.
At noon a telegram from New YorI
stated that no record of Welch ha
been found to date in police headquar
ters.
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HARDWARE SHOP IN cow
Lancaster "5ossie" Cured Of IndI.
gestion by Simple Operation

Lancaster, July 0.-Thirty nails OF
various sizes, pieces of wire, several
screws and n washer were removed from
the stomach of a cow at the Union stock
yards last evening ut the first clinic to
be held there by DR.. +. A. Marshall.
of the state bureau OF animal industry.
It is said that campaign of such OPP
erations in this county will cure cattle
of indigestion and will save the farm
ers thousands of dollars every year.
The operation yesterday was per
formed without the use of an anes-
thctic. A slit four inches long was cut
in the cows side 10 permit the entrance
of hand and the hardware removed.