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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
SAYS HE CAN FAKE"
LODGE AND HYSL0P
Ghost Breaker" Rim Asserts
Scientists Are Fooled by
Mere ChiId's Play"

New York. Jan. 3O.-Joseph G.
Rim, the ghost breaker" whose Of
for to forfeit $1,000 if Sir Oliver Lodge,
Dr.. James II. Hyslop or anybody else
can produce, medium who cannot be
exposed as a fraud said yesterday he
had anticipated tho scof7ing with which
his proposal had been received by Sir
Oliver and Doctor Hyslop.
They take refuge in excuses that
won't stand examination for a min
ute" no said 81 would make condi-
tions which would be the easiest in the
world if the mediums were not fakes
I want to take five blindfolded strangers
before the strongest medium living
and If she, or he. can produce n single
Bit Of information about theilr with the
parmarkS Of coming from the other
world they will get the $4,000.
y understand the Society for Psy-
chical Research is seeking a 81 900, 900
endowment. II they will accept my
offer and prove their case publicly they
will he able to get a billion. All that |
am looking for is chance to prove
10 the world that these men are abSo-
Iutely without ability to pass on the
tricks Of these swiuGling mediums. |
can fake these men. Just as the medi-
ums do. in abnormal psychology and
the dual personality business.
II can prove they are being fooled
with mere child's play and getting the
public to share with them in the de-
CCDtiOn."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
GAFFNEy TO FIGHT
WINSTON ON Jobs
will Testify Before Civil seryio,
Commission Against Firing Of
Highway inspectors
CALLS 1T AN INJUSTICE

Joseph p. Gaffncy, memhou -, :,
new City Council and former cbs;r,tne nj tne
OF councils finance committeS itt'i1sn ,,,,,,
testify before the Civil Service ~ VIII
mission. he. said today. that tboro oom'
st,ufficient city funds available ce 70 are
the salaries Of seventeen highra, pay
SPe9ctors SIg9 recently dropped by DiEsctno, n
INC inspectors discharged bv NJ.
WINSTON for 'lnck Of funds, oro Wy,
to be mainly Ware men from s said
Philadelphia wards oouth
=. u have prepared n reply to tho c;-,,
Service Commission. Mr.. Caffncv l .o;s
today, denying the suficiencv oe 'a,u tLa
reason given for the discharge of thole tue
men J intend to make test case ,'c 81
one OF the inspectors, who comes frou, y,
the Twenty sixth ward, and has beon S.,
nineteen years in the city's service III w.
will be pcnsioned if he serves n vaau
more, but will lose everything if bo !,
discharged now. | would bc sot;.so5
TO have these seventeen inspectors la;J
off when there is no work for thep ~
do. but not discharged. If tbcv NV
laid off the city will lose no money or
them, and the men themselves will retain
their rights to their pensions" tTbn
inspectors all got about 500 month
and in the past have been laid OF from
time 10 time when work was slack -
1t is intimated that il an adverse
decision is given by the Civil Service
Commission the matter will be talcn
into the courts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
TAX JOBS FOR 3 WARE MEN
Downtown Adherents Made Assist.
ants to Deputy Delinquent Collector

Three more jobs in the tax Office went
TO Ware henchmen today.
All three appointees were South Phil
adelphians One is a former member
Of City Councils; the other two are
negroes. All three are assistants to
the deputy collector of delinquent taxes.
Before going out of Office the old City
Councils authorized Il deputy delinquent
tax collector and six assistants. The
deputy. appointed some time ago. is
former Councilman Frank willard, who
"ducked from under" when Robert T..
Lambprton became sheriff, having held
position in the sheriff's office. The
three men appointed today fill three of
these new places. Three more. expected
also 10 be Var men who need political
provision TO hold them il line for the
downtown boss, are TO be appointed ia
the near future.
Harry w. Keely. assistant TO ".
Frceland Kendrick, who is out of town,
announced the appointments today.
They are Walter II. List. of the Forty
eighth ward, former Common Council
man and lieutenant of William II. Will
son. former director of public safety /;
Robert Montgomery, Thirtieth ward, q
prOtege of William McCoach, Ware lead
or in the ward, and George w. Chap
man, Seventh ward, for whom Charlie
Hall is sponsor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
SKELLY WINS LONG
BATTLE FOR LIFE
Football Victim, Son of Bank
President, Has Been Sufferer
in Hospital 1o7 Days
CAN'T DOWN IRISH, HE SAYS

Jack" Skclly, of Overbrook. is on
the one hundred and seventh day Of his
victorious fight back to life and health
after an almost fatal football accident
last fall.
He is the sixteen year old sdn of
John +. Skclly. president of the Con
tinental Equitable Trust Co.
Jack has been in the Misericordia
Hospital ever since the October after :
noon he hurt his hip while making a
hard tackle in football game at Over
brook. Fourteen weeks of that time he
spent on his back. not moving from one
position. For weeks the best doctors in
the city thought he could not live.
When he made the unlucky play,
"Jack" seriously injured his hip. But,
being Irish, he didn't stop until the
game was over. Which was bad thing
for the hip. ...
Infection set in and for weeks Jack"
lay in the hospital, wasting away with
fever and suffering. He was only a
shadow of the husky boy who had been
carried off the football field.
up and about the hospital on crutches.
He wears specially constructed shoe
on his good foot so that his injured leg
is kept clear of the floor. But he is
on the way back to full health again
and is as cheerful as ever.
While, in the hospital he grew two
inches in height and is now five feet
eleven inches tall. He has gained in
weight and is bigger and buskier than
when he entered the hospital last fall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
VARE LEGISLATORS
FACE BITTER FIGHT
Delegation to Harrisburg Likely
to Be Broken by Moore Cam
paign, Opening Tonight
DECISION IN MAY PRIMARIES

The same forces that conquered the
Ware organization at the September
primaries last year are preparing to
upset the Ware legislative majority from
this city at the May primaries.
At the last session of the Legislature
the Wares controlled thirty one of the
forty one Philadelphia members of the
State House of Representative and five
of the eight Philadelphia members of the
Senate.
AS important legislation affecting this
city will come up in the next Uegis-
lature, Moore supporters are getting
ready to upset the Ware majority at
Harrisburg just as Ware control was
pried off the municipal government here
The fight against the Ware legislators
will be started tonight by the Twenty
sixth ward Republican Alliance, which
will hold a big rally in the ward to-
night.
The state senators whose terms ex.
pire this year are Edwin II. Ware. First
district; William j. McNichol Third
district; David Martin. Fifth District,
and Augustus F. Daix, Jr.. Seventh
district.
The re. election of Senator Ware is
virtually conceded although Alliance
leaders assert his old time ma iority will
be cut. Senator Martin, once the all
powerful city leader of the organization
and now chieftain of the Nineteenth
ward, is about to step out of the arena.
Alliance men are preparing to put
up a strong candidate against one Sc
lected by Martin and David II. Lane for
the Martin toga. IT is believed the
Ware organization will lose the state
senatorship from the Fifth district
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
BOLIVIA UPH0LDS CLAIMS
Reveals Reasons for Participating In
Tacna-Arlca Dispute

La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 30.--(By A.
PIN defense of the course pursued
by former foreign minister Gutierrez IN
dealing with the Tacna AFRICA question,
the newspaper TEMPO today publishes
the text of the instructions the minister
cabled TO General Ismael Monies, Bo.
livia's delegate to the Peace Conference
December - last. The message sent
to General Montes in Paris, is quoted
by the newspaper as follows:
PLEASE inform the French Govern.
ment, the Versailles conference and the
organizers of the League of Nations
that Bolivia is an interested party In
the question of Tacna africa, its rights
standing upon historical, juridical and
geographical precedents. If possible In.
form President Wilson or any other
person convenient, advising our Lon,
don legation" "
A dispatch to Washington last night
said Peru is preparing to bring the
Tacna AFRICA dispute before the League
of Nations council for settlement. This
will be the first problem to come be-
fore the League. Tacna and africa are
provinces which have been held twenty
years by Chile as result of war with
Peru. A plebiscite was TO have been
held after ten years, but never occurred.
Bolivia is also a claimant to Tacna, al
leging the province is inhabited largely
by Bolivians.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
ToDAVs MARRIAGE LICENSES

TIIrr,. GOld-Ch l83G 8. T|n-an-1 - an!
Dorothy Marg5I.s i411 $ Ctn ST.
Emily T. Pear. 3I' & Stafford st
George Raiz.s S34I Gibson ave. ana Mary
R.rrofsf, Ng4J Gibson ave
AL r. o. Miller. 9I50 = alst st. and
Kather.rr. T. Frutchsy, $3.50 n Broad 81
sarah Jones 1914 N6r'rSse u.
oscar r. Meyer. iIIT r, '-r0ur- ave s,d
Doroisa r Aharn Sor- rl-,l. Al.s-.
Michael LAWN 1914 " rhOrrpgor s..
and Ami. Mitchell lSU w Tlori.nqo7 81
Toliu Iiarr-tr ~ > 5gG 81. and Mar,
WYNN ISti Vine ~
jacob I-vlrr. .2l2 WaIru. sr and Sarah
Borden. 31&I N". montgomery a--.
Wt.am +. Armstrong 1-ll Wagner ave,
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Guard SkepticdL
of BergdOU LuI,acy

Continued from Page One
the commission. said today he had no
knowledge of Bergdoll's mental condi
tion.
"But a man who did what he is ac-
cused of doing must have some queer
mental quirb," he said $50 1 thought
II best to have the experts examine
him and decide.
mo. I have never met him and
don't know whether he is suffering
from some rare mental disorder or is
lust plain 'nutty.
"How long has Grover been exhibit
ing symptoms OF insanity and just how
crazy is he?" asked Captain Bruce Il
Campbell, army counsel assigned to
Grover by the court martial. was asked
"I don't know, the commission will
have to decide that" he replied
Plenty OF Lawyers
Captain Campbell said he did not
know how many lawyers were associ-
oted in the defense with him. Yester-
day was the first time he met d. Clar.
ence Gibboney. another Bergdoll lawyer
''Theyre liable to spring new one
on me any time he admitted. Per
Sonally, I don't care whether Bctgdoil
pets seven or 700 years. I'm here
to see that he is given = trial in ac,
cordnnce with his full legal rights
''The opposition he continued, mas
set its mind on twenty years us the
penalty. They don't want eighteen or
twenty five. their mouths are just
watering for the twenty year term.
They believe the sky is the limit.
believe eighteen months'is.
Lieutenant Colonel Louis H. Cresson
heads the list of prosecuting officers
whose mouths are watering" for
the twenty year term Major William
Kelley is associated with him. A
presidential pardon ~ clemency order
is needed to get BerGdol off easy
Kelley Admits Hopes
Major Kelley admitted that the pros
ccution expects the insanity defense to
fall down and that be hopes and ex-
poets Bcrsdoll will get a substantial
punishment.
The witnesses for the prosecution
appeared before the prosecuting counsel
Yesterday and reviewed their testimony
Some of them will not be called again
at the February hearing Of the case.
Those witnesses whose testimony is
considered vital will be called to Gov
ernors island again on February "A, 50
their evidence can be reviewed again
before being submitted to the court
martial the following day.
Bcrgdoll's mother, Mrs. Emma G.
Bergdoll is not expected to visit her
son until next week.
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FOUR ARE INJURED
AS CARS COLLIDE.
Accidents Occur at goth and
Wharton Streets and 22d ST.
and Columbia Ave.
MANY LATE FOR WORK

-Four men were injured this morning
in trolley collisions at Twenty second
street and Columbia avenue and ut
Twentieth and Wharton streets,
The injured:
William Hill, thirty years old, "115
North Taylor street. Confusion of the
right eye. st. Josephs Hospital.
Patrick Quinn. forty three years old.
1923 Haskell street MAY have fracture
of right foot. st. Joscph's Hospital.
Harry Russo, twenty six years old.
2222 Earp street. Contusions and
sprain of left knee. Polyclipic Hospi-
tai
Henry j. Scott. 1914 South Lam
bert street Suffering from shock
Polytechnic Hospital
Hill and Quinn Were injured in the
Columbia avenue accident, the others
at Wharton street, All were passen-
gers.
According to the police. the Twenty
second street car collidcd with the rear
of the Columbia avenue car US the
latter was crossing Twenty second
street. The front Of one car and the
rear of the other were damaged, but
not to such an extent as to prevent
their proceeding.
misunderstanding Of signals was
blamed for the downtown crash.
\ car castbound on Wharton street
had halted at Twentieth to take on
several passengers, A car northbound
on Twentieth street approached the in
tcrsection and both started to cross
at the Same moment
Russo and Scott wcrc passengers on
the Wharton street car. The former
was jolted from his seat when the crash
occurred.
The patrol of tn" Twentieth and
Federal streets station, a block dis
tant from the scene of the accident
took the men to the hospital Cars on
both lines were delayed for about thir-
ty minutes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
WATER HERE SAFE,
MARTIN ASSERTS
State Health Chief Advises
Drinkers to Hold Nose-Odor
Only Offensive
ANALYZE FOR THE CAUSE

y reinsurance and piquant bit Of
adyic" were given today by Or. Ed
ward Martin, state health commission
~, to PhiladclphianS annoyed by the
taste and odor Of their drinking water.
"Thc water is safe. but hold your
nose when you drink it. was the
commissioner advice.
Doctor Martin said he has received
reports from his bacteriologists. who
tested hundreds of samples of the water
1T contains nothing deietcrious to
health he explained. at may of
fend the sensibilities of persons who
drink it, but it. will not affect their
health.
Seek Cause Of 0dor
After receiving the meteorological |
reports and learning tho water was free
entirely from harmful bacteria. sent
chemists to find the cause of the annoy
ing taste and odcr.
Men with highly developed sense of
taste are testing the water at various
points and learning at what points the
unpleasant odor and taste bcSiu.
The samples they select will be
unalyzed by chemists ard the cause OF
the odor and taste determined.
Doctor Martin was asked il there
was any thing harmless that might be
added TO tho drinking water to over
come its unplea asantuess.
"Nc,' he replied ''tbe only thing to
do is 70 held YOUR nose.
Algao Are Pretty Rotten
Reminded that algae, vegetable
growths, We're being blamed for the
condition of the water. Doctor Martin
commented that "algae are pretty rotten
characters. anyway
Hundreds of families who live in the
neighborhood of Fairmouut Park are
taking their drinking water from thr
park springs. They resortcd to this
source of supply due TO tho taste Of the
water which comesc frOm the Schuylkill
river.
Gu hearing that the park springs were
being used for drinking water. Director
Furbush issued word of caution to
day. He said that such sources were
moro liable 10 pollution than the regu
lar city supply. To determine tho con
ditior Of the water in the park Doctor
Furbush will have tests made by tho
city bacterologist
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
THOUGHT IT WAS MURDER
Pstrolman Finds Human Arm and
Leo in Ash Barrel

Patrolman Curry, Of the Fifteenth
and Vine itrects station. was passing
through De Gray place. n little street
below Market, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth. when he saw n hand stick .
ing from an ash barrel.
Curry thought some ono was hiding
in the barrel, aud grabbed the hand
II came away, and an arm with it.
The patrolmau dclvcd deeper in the
barrel aud found human foot 1t was
to a perfectly good leg.
Murder said Curry to himself, and
trottcd of to tho station house with
the members under his arm. There
examination disclosed that they had been
neatly severed, carefully preserved and
shellsckcd thoroughly.
The police believe the leg and arm
bcolnged to medical student, who
didu't want them any longer. He can
get them, if he has changed his mind
about his property, by applying at the
norguc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
DEATHS

BONNAFFON Suddenly, Jan. 20
CHARLES A.. husband. Of Margaret. Bon.
invited to funeral services, Sun, Q p. m:
from 53lt Market st. Int. private, Odd
Fellows Gem. Gladwyn. Pa.
GENZMER. Suddenly. OF pneumonia. at
Verona. n. j., Jan. 80. GEORGE V, GEM
NtER husband of Ethel Genzmer (nee Smith
Due notice of funeral will be given.
MCCORMICK. Jan. 90. DANIEL, son Of
Horace r.. and Clara L. Mccormick. Rea-
tives and friends invited TO funeral services
private. Forest HIll Gem.
DUNHOuR.- On Jan. 20, HARRY, hus,
hand Of Rebeccl Dunhodr. Relatives and
friends, also West Park Council No, 4os,
o. of r. 4. invited to the service. sun z
p. M, at 1870 Parrish 1T, Int. at Fernwood
Gem Friends may view remains Saturday
evening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
ARMY OF 100000 PLANNED
Gould Be MobiIized S Years Hence
Under Bill Reported to Senate

Washington, Jan. 3u.--l fy \. T.. --
Mobilization Of an organized field army
of two million men would be possibl"
within five years after passage Of the
Senate army reorganization bill. Chnir-
man Wadsworth. of the Senate military
affairs committee. said today in his re
port TO the Senate on the measure The
cost would not exceed $500. .9ST 900 an
nually, he said.
Including tho permanent standing
army Of Dos, Oo0 and the citizens army
and national guard, as proposed the
measure, through its compulsory mill
tary training plan, would permit the
mobilization next Year Of an army Of
1 ,19S 900 men. the report continued
The youths trained would be- passed into
the citizens reserve army. and in 1926
the nations ayailahi" military strength
would he 3.345. 200 officers and men.
while tho cost per man would he reduced
from 500 in 1921 to SIG in 1926.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
SOCIALIST LESSONS
At ALBANY TRIAL.
Assembly CHAMBER Trans
formed Into Schoolroom by
Defendants Counsel
B0LSHEVIKS ARE MAJORITY
by the Associated Press

Albany. y. V. Jan. 30.-The As
Sembly chamber in which the five sus-
pended Socialist asSemblymCn are bc-
ing tried for alleged disloyalty. today
became a schoolroom for the teaching
of Socialism.
Seated in q Scmicirclc around Scy-
mour Stcdman, defense counsel. and
Algeruou Lee. of the Socialist state
committee, witness, the Assembly
judiciary committee heard read into tho
record what may be described as "a
general history OF Socialism from 1864
OF 1920.
In quizzing his pupil" Mr.. Stod-
man drew from Mr.. Lee differcntiations
between socialistic and anarchistic doc
trines: names of leaders in both move
meuts and history of the development
of socialism in Europe. with special
reference TO Russia.
Assemblyman Louis a. Cuvillier.
committee member. asked if it were not
true that German money had been paid
Lcnine and Trotzky to overthrow tho
Kerensky Government When MIR. Lee
replied in the negative, Mr.. Cuvillicr
coutradicted him. saving he had it on
the authority of the State Department.
II was brought out that proceedings
to revoke the charter of the American
Socialist Society after its conviction in
connection with publication Of n book
by Scott Nearing, had been dismissed
mot on merits but because the at
torney generals Office was not ready to
proceed. The defense showed. however,
that a motion to reopen the proceedings
had been denied. The society operates
the Rand School of Social Science. OF
which Mr.. Lee is educational director.
Cross examined. Mr.. Lee described
the workings of internationalcs he had
atteuded aud defined bolsheviks as the
majority and mensheviks as the
minority" In reply to question
from the committee he denied that the
former could be- defined AS those who
wished to overthrow government by
force and the latter as those who did
not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
CHIEF GRIFFIN QUITS
SECRET SERVICE
Man Who Ran Down Many
Counterfeiters and lnterna-
tionaI Crooks Resigns Here
ENTER BUSINESS

Matthew +. Griffin. chief Of the
United States Secret Service in the
Philadelphia district and regarded as one
Of the best detectives in the country
has resigned lis resignation, which
was sent TODAY 70 W. II. Moran chief
Of the Secret Service in Washington.
will take effect March IL.
During the thirty three years that
Captain Griffin has worked for the
government he has sent more criminals
to Jail than any other man in the scrv
ice. He is regarded as the leading
counterfeiting expert in the Secret
Service
OF quiet demcanor aud rather rcticent
mood. Griffin has the appearance of a
serious business man. Tho average per
son would never regard him as detcc
tive His personality proved a big asset
in many of his big captures
Captured International Crooks
Many criminals who kept the police of
Europe and America constantly busy are
now in jail as a result OF tho aggreSsi-.n
work Of "Matt" Griffin, as hc is known
by his co workers.
Griffin had largo share in running
down tho Jacobs kcndig Ingram Ncwtt
gang which operated ono of the most
successful couutcrfciting campaigns ever
conducted in this country,
The countcrfeitcrS were Philadel-
phians, aud made their money in various
plants in this city All got long Jail
terms. They made money even after
being seut to prison. This game was
also nipped by Griffin.
Griffin also rounded m the Velvet
joe gang, which operated on the chain
store system, and also ran down the
Hamburger Balmer gang of classy
counterfeitcrs who specialized on ten
and twenty dollar bills.
Started in New York
Captain Griffin was appointed to the
government service on July I. 1883. aud
assigned to the New York district.
where he remained for six years. He
was then transferred TO the San Fran
cisco district
While he was working on the coast u
report was circulated that Il syndicate
OF criminals were planning 10 kiduap
Ruth, the daughter Of President Clevc-
land. GriTiu was assigned to tho case,
but the kiduapners WIRE frightened OF.
Griffin was later selected to be the
President'5 personal body yguard. He
was subsequently sent ia tho Pittsburgh
district and remained thcrc until 1898,
when he was sent to Philadelphia.
Mr.. Griffin Will enter partnership
with W. II. +. Root, in the bank aud
plant protection business. Mr.. Roots
is former superintendent of plaut pro
lection at Hog Island.
Chief Moran expressed keen regret on
receiving Griffin s resignation. and said
he would be hard man ia replace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30
CHILD SETS AUNT AFlRE
Woman Leaps From Window, Sends
Rescuer After Baby: Fatally Burned


P.)-Mrs. Warren c. Wright. of Sec.
konk. died at the Rhode Island Hospital
last night from burns received at her
home yesterday.
The woman was shaking down the
fire in her kitchen range, when her
three year old nephew pulled piece of
paper from the ash pan and set it afire.
Before Mrs. Wright could interfere
the child had brought the blazing paper
in contact with her thin mouse dress.
The garment was in flames in an in
stant and the woman ran to the kitchen
window screaming and plunged out,
rolling over and over in the snow out
side.
Frederick BAhya heard the screams
and saw the flaming body leap from the
window. As he rushed to her assist
ance Mrs. Wright screamed to him TO
save the baby. lie broke in the kitchen
door and took the child uninjured from
the smoke filled room. Neighbors cared
for the woman, whose clothing was
burned from her body. Her death oc-
Cured a few hours later.