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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-17
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-17
ASSIGNMENTS.
JUDGMENTS FILED.

Philip wolfish. jobber in woollons at 81
Hester street. has assigned for the oenetl'
OF creditors 10 Isidore ID. Morrison.
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SOUTHERN WOMEN
SEEN FOR HARDING
Mrs. George D'Negre, OF New
Orleans, Brings Cheering
c.. O. p. News Here
BURNHAM STAND SURPRISE

Many women Of the South have de .
clared they would support Harding ana
Coolidge, according to Mrs. George
D'Negre, of New Orleans.
Mrs. D'Negre, who is taking an active
interest In the campaign, was among tn
callers at the headquarters OF the Re-
publican ways and means committee
here yesterday. Southern women. she
said, were convinced that better results
could be obtained under Republican
administration.
1t was announced at the committees
headquarters that encouraging support
from women for the whole Republican
ticket was being received. This sup
port is general, il was learned, and rep
resents women in oil walks Of life.
There was considerable surprise IL
political circles yesterday at the an
nouncement Of George Burnbam, Jr'
for years a prominent independent ke
publican, that he would support Gov
ernor Cox for the presidency. In y
letter to James w. Gerard, chairman
of the Democratic finance committee
Mr.. Rurnham said he was opposed t.
Harding because OF the latter's stand
against the League of Nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
The municipal Court
Is Political Octopus
Continued from raRs One

Continued from rage One
now, and never have, performed faith
ful days work in its service.
Judge Brown, despite the supposed
dignity of his position, is an active poll
tlcian. He Is involved in all the in
tricacics of city and ward politics. He
makes no conccalment of this fact.
lie is recognized as an active. mill
tant political lcader--the only one wear
ing the judicial ermine. He personally
controls the balance of power in Coun
ell. This fact is recognized everywhere
in political circles.
1t can be argued that the expense Of
the other courts of Philadelphia would
be increased were the cost of maintain.
ing their machinery included. But this
Is fallacious. The Municipal Court
shares this with the other courts.
Aid of County Officers
The district attorney of the county
Of Philadelphia is the prosecuting off
Ger Of the Juvenile and Domestic Re.
lations Courts.
The prothonotary Of the Courts of
the Common Pleas is prothonotary of
this court, and the clerk of the Court
Of Quarter Sessions and the clerk of the
Criminal Court.
The sheriff of Philadelphia county
serves all writs or processes issuing out
Of the Municipal Court.
The items in the 81 900. 200 demand
Of the Municipal Court for salaries will
come before Council tomorrow as part
of the budget for the ensuing year.
For brief period then the Municir'
octopus will be on exhibition in Ct
Hall.
There will positively be no charge
for admission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
BALK AT MURDER JURY
Two Pastors Allege Conscientious
Scruples and Are Excused

SS' NR'So o"d NV -NSeoSA
Scranton, Pa, Oct. l2.-Two Of
Scranton's best known clergymen. the
Rev. William Sawtclle, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, and the
Rev Charles II. Rust, pastor of I'm
manuel Baptist Church, summoned by
Sheriff J. II. SchIager as talesmen in
the trial Of David Jones for the murder
Of his wife in West Scranton, May IL
last, were excused from serving on the
jury today after declaring they have
conscientious scruplcs against the law
which permits the state to take the life
of the defendant when the verdict is one
of murder in the first degree.
II have convictions against capital
punishment, but if sworn rs a juror
would feel bound to the law. My opin.
ion of tho law is that it is barbarism
and has no divine sanction" the Rev.
Mr.. Rust told Judge MaXcy and Dis
trict Attorney Frank =. Benjamin. lie
was challenged for cause.
The Rev. Sawtellc was called after
r. II. Keffer, president Of the Kiwanis
Club. had been challenged for cause by
agreement and without taking the
stand.
I'm conscious of the legal status,
but ! believe that the state has no
right to take the life of man because
he takes the life of another man." the
Rev. Sawtelle told the court. He was
quickly excused.
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PENN STUDENTS ELECT
Choosing Of Class officers Begins To-
dav and Continues for Week

ELECTION week" at the University,
of Pennsylvania begins today. ~ Al
classes will choose class officers. Inc
senior elections began early this morn
ing. Juniors will start their balioting
tomorrow, sophomores vote on thurs, .
day, and on Friday the freshmen
choose their leaders for the year.
The Undergraduate Council IS su :
pervising the elections, all balloting to
be done at Houston Hall.
The Raw Raw number, first issue
of the Punch Bowl for the year, ap,,
reared on the campus today. Many OF
the clever drawings of this humorous
publication are contributed by the art
editor, Albert Bagget, architecture;
1929. G. A. Wright, newly elected
managing editor, has contributed prose,
Bible study groups will begin their
meetings tonight. They study biblical
subjects each Tuesday night at Z
o'clock. These classes are, conducted
by the University Y. NJ. G. A. in TWEEN
ty fraternity houses, in the dormitorics
and in the Houston Club.
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.UKRA|N|ANS WREST
K|EV FROM SOV|ETS
France and Britain Send Note
to Poland counseling
Moderation
REPORT BUDENNY IS TRAITOR
BY the Associated Press

Paris, Oct. 12.-Ukrainian insurgents
have occupied Kiev. the Bolsncvik
forces that were holding the city aban-
doning II, according to Warsaw advices
France and Great Britain have sent
a joint note to Poland advising modera-
ton concerning the question OF II on
tiers, according to the Petit Parislen.
~. Active exchange Of views concerning
the occupation Of Wilma By Polish Lith-
uanian troops is proceeding. says the
Echo DO Paris, which declares they con
slider the responsibility of the Warsaw
government is not involved. The news.
paper adds that the task of finding Il
solution to the situation Is that of the
League Of Nations, in the opinion Of
government officials.
Leon bourgeois. as presiding officer
of the Executive Council of the League
of Nations. has telegraphed the head
OF the military mission sent to Lith e
uania asking that information be for
warded from time to time as occasion
called for regarding events in wilma with
a view TO such action as might be useful
to put an end to the occupation Of the
city Of General Zellgouski. the. Polish
insurgent commander.
NJ. Bourgeois informed the military
mission that the Polish Government had
disavowed General Zcllgouski and had
expressed It's readiness to take all meas
ures necessary to end the incident.
The Polish legation in Paris today
issued the following official statement
concerning the occupation of Wilma:
THE Polish Government totally dis
approves the action of the Lithuanian
White Russian division commanded by
General ZellSOuski, and considers IL as
an act Of insubordination. The gov
Crnment will exert oil its influence to
settle the incident in n satisfactory
Manner
London, Oct. 12.-By A. P.)--
Conditions along the South Russian
front have assumed serious aspect for
the Bolsheyiki, according to adviccs
received here.
General Baron Wrangel's troops are
continuing to advance north Cf Crimea
and the sea OF Azov. Nikolniev, the
principal Russian naval station on the
Black sea, is said to have been cap
tured by anti Bolshovik insurgents.
Although an agreement looking to an
armisticc, has been reached with Po-
land, and large numbers of Soviet
troops are in n position TO be rushed
TO South Russia. the Soviet government
is reported to have made peace pro-
posals to General Wrangel.
General Lokhovitzy, in command OF
anti Bolshcvik forces in camp by
Trans Baikalia, recently placed his
troops at the disposition of General
Wrangcl. Now General Scmenoff, who
for the last two years has been fight :
ing the Soviet armies in Siberia, has
taken n similar step.
General Budcnny leader Of Bolsheyik
cavnlary during the recent offensive in
Ga'icia. is said to have turned against
! the Bolsheviki.
-IBv 4. P.)-Experts
are engaged today in completing tho
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
PENN OFFICES EXPAND
Secretary, Controller and Treasurer
to Occupy Govett Mansion

In order to meet the need Of greater
office space the board Of trustees of the
University Of Pennsylvania voted yes
terday 10 use the Govett mansion. at
Thirty sixth and Walnut streets. The
mansion was bought by the University
q little more than year ago, the
ground TO be used as the site of the
new dormitories for women TO be built
some time in the future, but the build
ing has remained unoccupied since its
purchase.
7 1t is now proposed to move the Offices
Of the secretary, the comptroller aud
the treasurer to the mansion. thereby
relieving the crowded condition Of the
Provost House at 4037 Pine street.
where they now are. The building at
4037 Pine street was originally intended
as the residence of the provost. but has
always been used for the executive Of
fees of the provost and for various
ether University officers.
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woman on his hands and In less than
twenty four hours had added to his bur
den OF guilt the weight Of a baby's
death.
The woman victim was Hrs. Rose
Asherman, who lived at 60S North
Eighth street, where she conducted a
rooming house. For her murder her
twelve year old granddaughter, Bessie
Ferdman, was Arrested and held for
some weeks by the police.
The murder Of the old woman caused
. sensation In this city in the spring.
She was found dead In her bed, her
head crushed with piece of slate from
maptel, which was found, stained
with blood under pillow.
The little granddaughter. Bessie
rerdman. of S03 Poplar street, had been
keeping her grandmother company last
night. The child said that in the night
she had been awakened by the sound of
some one coming into the room. 1t was
q man, she said, who had lived in the
house for a day of two, but had left.
When he was there, the child said, he
had given her wrist watch. She told
the police that her grandmother nnd
awakened and that the intruder had
struck the old woman over the head with
n piece of slate, broken from the mantle
piece, which had been lying around the
house for some time and used rs door
stop. After striking her grandmother
ever the head, the child said, the man
had robbed the house and fed.
The d sIlce wef" sceDtlCh. about the
child's story, and held her for some
time, questioning her. She stuck stout
ly to her story, however, and the police
had to let her 90. The case was added
to the already long list Of unsolved mys-
tories.
E Find Child's Name
Then the police, by one of those curl
chs Condolences which are known to
every experienced detective. came to
Just the verge of making a discovery in
their investigation of the Coughlin case
which would have revealed Pasquale as
the murderer Of Mrs. Asherman.
When Detective George Gibson went
10 New Gretna to search Pasqualc's Of
fects he found a slip of paper. among
other papers. bearing the name of the
child. Rose fisherman. -
The police went TO see the little girl
and asked her did she remember Pas:
quale's name. She did not. Nor could
she Identify his picture.
Now in his latest confession, Pas
onale told Major Adams that he had
giyen the child n wrist watch. The
police have learned that it was one of
his idiosyncrasies to give wrist watches
to girls, even though he scarcely knew
them. He confessed in great detail
about having entered the house. killed
the old woman and stolen $500. lie was
not sure of the date. but knew it was
shortly before he entered the Coughlin
home. He said he had boarded at
s'Rose's" house on North Eighth street
for q short time; had taken the key and
had duplicate made By locksmith on
Callowhill street. and then had left, !
surrendering the original key to the
woman he later murdered
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
DIES RESISTING DRY AGENTS
Alleged Booze Smuseler Killed,
Another Wounded

Chicago, Oct. 12.-(By A. PD-
Orders to prohibition agents ito shoot
to kill any one showing resistance to
the federal authorities resulted In the
death Saturday night of Mitchell Cha
pusio, alleged leader Of a band of
Whisky runners near Hurley, Wis, and
the wounding of anotehr man. it was
reported yesterday at the Office of
Major A. V. Dalrymple, regional pro-
hibition director.
.Chapusio. it was reported. was killed
during a pistol battle between alleged
whisky smugglers and ten prohibition
agents on a lonely forest road after
Chapusio's s automobile had crashed into
q barricade erected by the federal
o{ficials.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
AUDIENCE Hoors PUTNAM
Ressnts Alleged Opinion That Revo.
IutIonary War Was UnIustiA.s

Resents Alleged Opinion That Revo.
iutlonary War Was Industries
New York, Oct. 12.--Major ,,eorgo
Haven Putnam, publisher, was hisssd
and howled down last night by an audi
ence Of 800 persons at the Erasmu.
High School, Brooklyn, when he start.
cd to lecture on 'The Relations Be.
tween America and England" IN.
500 took this strenuous means OF en-
pressing their disapproval Of the senu.
ment attributed to him that the Amer.
ican Revolution against England wss
not justified.
"George Washington was wrong I,
fighting against The mother country
The American Revolution should nevsr
have taken place, and America should
apologize to the mother country"
These we're the remarks attributed
to Major Putnam In his address ia :
Canadian audience recently.
When Benjamin M. Jacquish, a mem.
ber of the Erasmus Hall High Scboo,
gfepped forward to introduce Putnam
Kisses and cat-calls came from ali over
the Hall. One man took down an
American flag from the rear of tho
rcom and. waving It above his head
callcd for the singing of the national
anthem. Virtually all the men apJ
women in the audince joined in rho
singing of the "Star Spansed Banner. :"
and then began to. march around The
hall. -
The demonstration against the lee.
turer became serious, and q SQUAD a,
Flatbush policemen, answered a cali for
protection.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
KILLS TWO DAUGHTERS
Michigan Farmer Confesses HI
Chloroformed His Children

Lansing. Mich. Oct. 12.-CBy A.
P.)-Earl Roop, a farmer living near
here, today confessed, according to
Sheriff Silsbce. that late yesterday he
his two daughters. aged
two and three years. and buried their
bodies in tho bed of the Red Cedar river,
a short distance from his home.
The two girls, the sheriff said. had
been in the fields with Roop. In the
evening the farmer returned to his
home and assured his wife, who was i'll
and in bed with her six days old son.
that the girls were safe and would br
home shortly. A few hours later he
started for the sheriff's Office at Mason,
where he surrendered and made the al
legged confession.
After Roop had told his story sheriff y
officers went to the river. led BY Rocp.
and uncovered the bodies. Despond-
cncy. according to the alleged confes-
sion, was the motive for the crime.
Roop is being held on n charge Of mur-
dor
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ROBS AS FATHER breaches
Pastors Son Takes His Auto Dur
ina Sermon on Honesty

Chicago. Oct. 12.-Whilc the Rev.
r. Keene Ryan, pastor of the Garfield
Boulevard Presbyterian Church, was
delivering sermon on the text, Thou
Shalt Not Steal" to his congregation,
Sunday night, his son, Addison II.
Ryan, sixteen years old, a student in
high school, took the pastors new au-
tomobile which he had parked in front
of the church and left here with a
party Of boy friends for parts un-
known.
The boys are believed to be OH their
way to Kalamazoo, Mich. One of the
party called his sweetheart over long
distance telephone from Three Oaks,
Mich. yesterday and told her they
were having lovely trip. The girl
told her mother, who notified the Rev.
DR.. Ryan. The minister has sworn out
warrant for Daniel MacCormack, one
of his sons chums who is known to be
in the party.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
MRS. SLOTTER HAS
GOLF CARD OF g
PhiImont Woman Only One of
Early Starters to Break
100 at Noble
by SANDY MoNIBLICK

Noble, Pa. Oct. 12.-Mrs. Raymond
Slotter. Philmont, was the only one of
the early finishers to break 100 at
Huntington valley here this morning
to qualify for the Berthellyn cup WON.
ems golf match play.
Heavy rains in the early morning
made scoring a precarious matter for
the large field of experts from many
districts, and Mrs. Slotter's 05 was NOT
1T all bad.
She was out in 40 and back in 46.
She started badly with four 8s and Z,
but had few bad holes after that. Her
card:
Sn' fn ::.::::::G 3 ] 2SSg / SS-es
Miss Alcxa Stirling, national cham
pion, teed off late in the morning with
Mrs. +. G. Let's, western champion.
After a fine drive Miss Stirling caught
the first green and had putt for bird,
but took three puts, the last only about
six inches. She went in the creek at
the second for six out in forty two.
Early summaries follow:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
FARMERS TO SEE WILSON
Seek TO Arrange Cabinet Meeting
to Submit Grievances

Washington. Oct. 12.-(By \. P.)--
APPOINTMENT Of committee to present
to the White House request for a
conference with President Wilson and
his cabinet for submission Of the needs
of agricu!turists was decided upon at a
meeting here today of representatives of
farm organizations from all parts of the
United States. The committee chosen
consists of a representative from each
of the farm organizations.
The farmers representatives also de-
cidcd to ask for conference with the
Federal Reserve Board.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
HOTEL MEN SHOW WARES
Exhibition at First Regiment Ar.
mory Has Many Features

An exhibition Of articles connected
with hotel Is being shown a,
the First Regiment Armory. 1t Is con.
Quoted in conjunction with the annual
convention Of the Pennsylvania State
Hotel Association, which opened last
throughout the week, with headquarters
at the armory.
Furniture, fruits and vegetables,
vacuum cleaners, dish washing ma
chimes. taxicabs. furnaces, blankets,
paper towels, talking machines, gro
ceries, ice cream, gas ranges, ginger
ale and all sorts of kitchen equipment
are only few items in the list of
things on display.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
WRlGlEY Is EX0NERATED
Magistrate Cleared Of Blame
Fatal Motor Crash

Magistrate Byron f. WrigICy was
cxonerated of all blame today in the
motorcar crash which caused the death
on June 80 of J. Edwin Taylor, 1648
Minton street, a nephew of John B.
TAYLOR former superintendent of police.
The verdict was returned by the cor
oner's jury Mr.. Taylor was riding in
a machine owned and driven by Frank
J. Donaldson, Sr., of Germantown,
when the accident occurred at Ninth
street and Wyoming avenue.
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WHITTLESEY OUT FOR cox
Commander of Lost Battalion"
Says League Is Clesr-Cut Issue

New York. Oct. 2.-Licutenant Col
onel Charles W. Whittlcsey, former
commander of the Lost Battalion"
who when surrounded by the Germans
and called on to surrender. sent the re-
ply, go TO hell" announced yesterday
that he favored the League of Nations
aud would vote for Cox and Roosevelt.
He. said he favored the league with or
without reservations.
81 don't think that this or any other
country can stop the ultimate operation
of the league" said Colonel Whittlcsey,
"And I think the sooner we get into it
the better it will be for the world. For
that reason am going to vote with
the party that wants the League Of Ma
tions now. think voters are fort,lnu to
IN this election in having ciear-c cut
issue on an ideal presented for their
consideration. 1t is n real pleasure to
east n ballot in such cause"
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FINED FOR CRUELTY
Stable Man Was Charged With Mis-
treating Horse

Samuel Davis. manager of stable at
1918 South Third street, was fined $40
and costs this morning by Magistrate
Mecleary in Central Station tor MIS-
treating one Of his horses.
Mrs. Olga G.. Norwood. 16 South
Thirty seventh street, testified that she
saw the horse at SiA.e-nth and SAMSON
streets yesterday afternoon when it was
barely able to stand from fatigue. It
came out that the horse had had one
hours sleep in the last week. Davis was
warned Of imprisonment for further Of
fenses of the same sort.
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BOUdOir ThieDes Get
S12O,OO0 in JeUels
Continued from Page One
ticularly for sentimental reasons" she
said.
MCFahden Has Susnicion

ticularly for sentimental reasons, she
said.
McFadden Has Suspicion
Mr.. MoTadden today expressed the
belief that the theft Of two pearl neck
laccs valued at 100000 from Mrs.
McFadden's boudoir last Saturday
morning may have been an inside
job"
One of his theories as to the disap-
pearance of the jewels Is that there may
have been collusion between dis
loyal servant in his household and an
outside man.
Detectives working on the case will
divulgc little rs to their progress, al.
though one admitted today their belief
that the pearls "are not very far from
here
Window Was Unlocked
Mr.. AlcFaddcn said there was a uos-
sbility that his servants had nothing
to do with the robbery, and further
declared that none was under direct sus
piciou. He said it was possible that a
burglar entered his wife's boudoir
through a window fronting on n porch
roof. This window was unlocked.
The pearls disappeared some time be =.
tween midnight last Friday and y
o'clock Saturday morning. MI. and Mrs.
McFadden returned two weeks ngo from
Europe. They gave a dinner last tri-
day VvrniuI ~ g .hrH. MGR addeLi
wore the pearl necklaces.
She retired at IN dnight. placing the
precious Iewels in case on her dress
ing table. She breakfasted Saturday
morning in room adjoining her bou-
doir, and when she he'd finished break
fast she discovered the pearls were. gone;
Mr.. McFadden beIicYcd his wife had
mislaid the pearls. and as c"nse-
auence, there was delay in reporting
their loss to the police.
Other Jewelry Taken
Besides the two strings of pearls,
whose present value would probably eX /,
coed 100000, sapphire ring and
other pieces Of jewelry, which Mr.. NC. E.
Faddcn says were mot important
were missing.
Detectives say it would have been
possible for second story man to have
raised the window fronting on the roof
and to have reached the jewels without
entering the room.
George II. Gibson, of City Hall. who
materially aided in the arrest Of Au-
gusto Pasquale, alleged kidnapper OF
Blakely Coughlin, is working on the
case, together with Edward ]. Sweeney
captain of the Radnor township police
three operatives of the Bryant Detective
Agency. and investigators for the in
surance company. The pearls were
heavily insured.
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WILSON'S TO VOTE BY MAIL
President Already Reslstered-Wife
Enrolling by Affidavit

Trenton, Oct. 12.-(By A. PO--
Mayor Charles Browne. Of Princeton.
the Democratic candidate for Congress-
in this district, stated today that Presi.
dent Wilson had already been registered
and Mrs. Wilson is being registered this
afternoon by affidavit.
1t is expected that Mrs. Wilson, like
the President, will cast her first ballot
by mail.