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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
HORSEWH|P FAILS
TO HALT EL0PERS
Atlantic City Man Lashed by
Mother of ogontz Schoolgirl,
r. but They Are Wed
HE IS As, SHE ONLY 19

Miss Sarah Frances Cooper. former
student OF the Ogontz School, whose
home is in Indianapolis, was married
yesterday to Harry II. Daniel, of At
lantic City and New York. after her
mother had publicly lashed Mr.. Daniel
with a horsewhip in Chicago.
After the assault Daniels. Miss
Cooper and Mrs. Cooper were taken TO
police headquarters, but after the girl
had declared she was of age all three
were released. Daniels then obtained a
marriage license and the marriage took
place later. Mrs. Cooper left for In
dianapolis, declaring her daughter would
be disinherited
This morning Daniels and his bride
left on a honeymoon trip for Decatur,
Ind, his former home.
The incident Of the horsewhippinp
caused a sensation in the union station
Daniel, who is forty five years old and
divorced. formerly was city editor oi
the Chicago Inter Ocean. Later he was
connected with s. w. Straus & Co.
Of New York, fashion magazine pub.
fishers, and chief promoter of the Hote
Ambassador at Atlantic City.
He met Miss Cooper, whose father Il
the wealthy president of the United
States Encaustic Tile Co. of Indian
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
E. c. eoEBERT HEADS LISTS
Northeast High Man May BE New
T. Chief Civil Service Examiner

Elmer @. Goebert, 1913 West Erie
avenue, is first on two lists Of eligibles
announced today for chief examiner ana
assistant chief examiner of the CivI
Service Commission. The positions pay
$4,000 and $4,000 year respectively.
Mr.. Goebert Is graduate of the
Northeast High School and Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The commits :
sion also announced the results Of a
test for assistant examiner at salary
Of $2750 year. .. .' '...
The complete lists, with the average
of each candidate. follow:
Chief examiner-Mr. Goebert. S3.6
Harold N. Saxton, Albany, N. y,
TIA Charles s.. Shaugnessy, Brooklyn.
n. Y, 1925; James Gilmore, 37oe
Barring street, 100.
Assistant chief examiner--Mr. Goe
bert, 90.1: Mr.. Gi' i'more, 80; John L.
Costello. 1885 North Sixty SECOND
street, al; Calvin o. Althouse, 1911
West Behigh avenue, 70.1.
Assistant examiner-Mr. Gilmore
50; Mr.. Costello. 1925; Mr.. Althouse
74.05; Samuel L. Styer. 4S East La
crosse avenue, Lansdowne, 1925
Charles A. Barowther, 5533 Greenway
avenue, III, and Edwin b. Ziegler
5119 Cedar avenue, II.
Mr.. Costello, who is third on the lis
for assistant chief examiner. is actinl
chief examiner of the commission under
provisional appointment which ex'
pires September 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
JUDGE STEVENSON
DIES AT HOME HERE
Former Member Of Common
Pleas court'Victim Of injuries
10 inflicted Years Ago
BANDITS ATTACKED HIM

Former Judge Maxwell Stevenson
died at 8 30 o'clock this morning at
his home. 2314 Spruce street.
His illness began thirteen years ago,
when he was beaten by two bandits
who held him up near his home. lie
never fully recovered. and several weeks
ago the condition became acute, finally
resulting in his death.
He is survived by his widow, and the
following children: Henry M. Steven =
son, John Il. Stevenson, Sarah V.
Stevenson, Anna Pauline Stevenson, X.
Helen Stevenson, Mary Elizabeth M.
Stevenson and Magistrate Maxwell
Stevenson. Jr.
Judge Stevenson was Of Scotch Irish
lineage, having been born in County
Tyrone, Ireland, February 1, 1S47. He
was brought to America by his parents
when he was four years old.
The family settled in Philadelphia,
and Judge Stevenson gained his rudi-
mentary education in the public schools,
leaving school at the age of thirteen.
Began as Errand Boy
During 1850 and 1850 he worked on
truck farms in "the Neck" and in
1851 secured work as an errand boy in
shoe store on Fourth street, near
Race. lie also worked in similar
store on Chestnut street near Tenth,
receiving S1.50 week.
In 1868 he bought newsstand at the
northeast corner of Tenth and Chest
nut streets, and built up a paper route
Later he went to business college, mas :
! tered bookkeeping and accounting and
became bookkeeper for the upholsterina
house Of w. II. Carryll, at TO Chest
nut street. In 1871 he embarked in tn,
business for himself, but the yentur,
was failure.
In 1870 he registered as a law studen
in the office of L. Coppee Mitchell. an,
later that of Judge j. T. Pratt. TT
passed his bar examinations Octobe
81, 1874, being at that time twenty
seven years old.
Was Labor Candidate
In 1878 he was n labor candidate fo
Congress in the First congressional dis
trict and polled 1900 votes, but wa
defeated. He married a daughter q
Henry ID. Mears in 1877. He and hi
wife were for years members Of tn
First Presbyterian Church, Sevent
street and Washington Square. He wa
also Past Master of the William Il
Schnider Lodge, No. 40, F. and A. NJ
He ran in 1886 on the combined Dem
ocratic and labor ticket for congress
man at large, but was defeated. III
+, was Democratic nominee for receiver q
taxes in 1901. In March of that yea
he was appointed to the bench, whe
Court Of Common Pleas No. 5 was es
tablished by Governor Stone, servin
until the first of the year followins
when he retired to his private practice
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
POLES REOCCUPY
:. EASTERN GAL|C|A
Ukrainian Army co-operates
With Warsaw Defenders.
SuWalki Retaken
SOVIET OFFENSIVE FAILS
BY the Associated Press


Warsaw, Sept. Polish forces ad
vancing toward Grodno have nearly
reached the banks Of the Niemen river,
which flows past Grodno toward the
north, according to reports from the
northeastern front.
The great part Of eastern Galicia has
been recovered by Polish and Ukrainian
troops. who are masters Of all the left
bank Of the Dneister river. They con-
tinue to pursue Bolshevik forces along
the upper reaches of the Bug river near
Sokol. In the region Of Przemysl,
twenty five miles southeast Of Lem
berg, the Poles have scattered Soviet
forces that attempted to start an often
sive.
General Pawlenko's Ukrainian col
umns, which crossed the Dniester river
south of the city of Buczacz, have de-
veloped their offensive successfully,
obliging the Russians west of the Sereth
river to retreat hurriedly in order to
avoid being surrounded.
Budenny's Cavalry Repulsed
The Poles are resisting repeated ef-
forts of General Budenny's cavalry to
break through near Zamosc in a move
ment to encircle Lemberg. Prabowiec,
which had been temporarily evacuated
by the Poles. has been regained in q
counter attack.
George Tchitcherin. Russian Soviet
foreign minister, in wireless message
received today, says he is happy to note
the Polish Government has declared it.
self in favor of peace, but threatens n
new offensive if the Poles ''do not con
form their acts to their promises"
NJ. Tchitcherin asser,s that the fight
ing power of the Soviet armies has not
diminished in the least.
London, Sept. 1.-The Poles have
taken Suwalki, about forty miles north e
west of Grodno, it is announced by
Lithuanian representatives, here. A
Polish division is reported to be ad
vancing on Seiny, East of Suwalki, the
last important town in photographic
Poland.
The repulse of Polish attacks al
along the line is reported in the Russian
Soviet official statement of Tuesday, re
ceiyed here today by wireless.
COnstantinople, Sept. 1.-Russiar
Soviet forces are reported to be succeed
ing in their attempt to reach the Pere
kop isthmus and cut off some of the
forces of General Wrangel from the
Crimea.
The retreat of General Wrange
along the Dnieper is explained here by
troops have reached Novo Alexievka
and cut the railway, threatening his
communications in Taurida province.
General Wrangel has begun q
counter attack against the Soviet
center. One Of his columns landed OF
the Sea of Azov, but was repulsed, ac-
cording to advices received here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
BROWNS AFTER RESCUE
Soldier, Second Time In Trouble
Refused Ife-Preserver

Seagirt, n. j., Sept. Jacob
Kucharski, twenty six years old, a
Pennsylvania, drowned late yesterday
after once being rescued. 1t is believed
he took his life Intentionally because he
refused to e a life -preserver thrown
to him before he sank.
He was seen to be in difficulty dis
tance from shore by coast guards who
rescued him. Fifteen minutes later he
went in again and was soon seen to be
sinking. The guards threw life
preserver beside him, but he would not
grasp it, and before the guards could
reach him he had gone under. The crew
from the Manasquan station recovered
the body two hours later. He was n
bandsman in the Headquarters Com
pany, Fifty seventh United States In
fantry. His home could not be learned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
UNHURT BY TROLLEY WIRE
Truck Driver Frees Himself From
Coils and Drives On

4 man had a narrow escape from
death and traffic on Broad street and
Spring Garden street was delayed a half
hour this afternoon when trolley feed
wire fell at the street intersection n
few minutes after trolley car had
passed the spot.
The man who had the marrow escape
from death was driving an auto north
on Broad street and was just turning
west into Spring Garden as the wire
came down across his MACHINE. Through
some freak the wire wrapped itself
about the mans body before he could
get his machine stopped. He received
neither burns nor shock but was slightly
bruised. After extricating himself from
his dangerous position the man drove
Spesy on without leaving his name or "d-
About 300 machines travelling north
and south on Broad street were held up
until the break was repaired.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
CITY BEACH CLAIMS BOY
Bather ls Drowned-at TorresdaIe
City Guard Was Absent

The first drowning to mar the record
Of the city's bathing beach at Pleasant
Hill, Torresdale, occurred yesterday
morning only short time before Spe-
cial Life Guard Boyd went on duty at
noon.
The victim was Charles Schaffer.
thirteen years old, Of 3036 Emerald
street. With two companions he left
his home Immediately after breakfast
to spend the day swimming and picnick-
ing at the beach. When he arrived few
bathers were out-so the Schaffer boy,
Robert bennett, Of 1945 East Star
avenue, and George Duncan, of 206
East Elkhart street, ventured into the
river by themselves.
After they had been in the water
more than quarter of an hour the
other boys heard Schaffer cry out. They
saw him throw up his arms and dis
appear below the surface.
When he failed to come to the sur
face Duncan and bennett nOtifed the
police Of the Tacony station and n
special detail of policemen was rushed
to the beach.
They obtained a rowboat and grap-
pied for the body for several hours until
the high tide drove them ashore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
SEA BATHING FINE NOW
Cold Currents Disappear and Water
Temperature Rises to "a

Cold currents which drove bathers
from the surf along the New Jersey
coast most Of the summer have disap
peared and the water is now normally
warm.
In Atlantic City yesterday the tenn :
pcrature Of the water was "a degrees,
and hundreds of persons enjoyed the
bathing last night by moonlight.
George Bliss, government forecaster
here. believes that Arctic currents were
carried farther south this summer BY
east and northeast winds, causing tho
cold water, and that now these cold
currents have been driven offshore by
west and northwest winds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
STRATEGY TO GOVERN
POLISH MOVEMENTS

Washington, Sept. 10.-(By A. P.)
Poland has answered the admonition
of the United States that the Polish
armies halt at the cthnographic frontier
of Poland with the statement that
strategic considerations must govern
Poland's course.
Poland's formal reply to the Ameri-
can note Of August 21 was delivered to
the State Department by Prince Lubor-
mirski, Polish minister. 1t followed an
informa, answer last week transmitted
through the American charge at War
saw which has been characterized by
officials as mot disappointing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
POLICE FORCE UP TO QUOTA
director cortelyou to Swear In Sc
New patroImen Tomorrow

rms city g police force will reach its
lGl! authorized quota tomorrow at IL
o'clock, when Director of Public
satety Cortelyou will swear in fifty six
new patrolmen. The full strength of
'ue police bureau is 1850 men,.
me first deliveries of the new auto
tmoolie patrols ordered for the police
bureau Will reach here Monday. The
contracts call for seventeen motor pa
.tG, .EGs, When all deliveries are made,
Stanty-i0u Of the forty patrol wagons
mere will be motorized.
IL me horses used to draw the wagons
ttisptaced probably will be transferred
W .he hre bureau or to some other
Sranch OF the city service. Some of the
sUrses sorsS may be turned over to the traffic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

apolis, at Atlantic City. The girl is5s
nineteen years old, and because of the nj
disparity in ages her mother objectedLv -
to the match. She heard yesterday that )
her daughter was planning trip to
Chicago from Minneapolis, where she
was summering, and went to Chicago.
Daniel said he had brought his sister, n
Mrs. g. G. Shafer, of Decatur, to Chi M,
cago and had planned merely a briefly
visit with his fiance, but "the MARRIAGE
was really precipitated by Mrs. Cooper SO
action" -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
DR.. ROWE IN NEW OFFICE
Pan.Amerlcan Union Director Out
lines His Policies

DIR. Leo s. Rowe assumed the direc =
toiship of the Pan American Union at
Washington this morning, succeeding
John Barratt, who retired after fifteen
wears as directing head of the union.
The new director declared his policy
would be to foster "a smoothly operat-
ing international organization that
makes for mutual confidence, good will
and, above all, for the maintenance of
peace"
Mutual service" he said, lis the
very cornerstone of the Pan American
movement, and this same idea of service
permeates and vitalizes the work of the
union. This great international in
stitution is the center to which the gov
ernmcnts and people of the American
republics turn for information.
Members of the Latin American
diplomatic corps, Secretary of State
Colby and other high officials attended
the informal ceremony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
CRESSWELL FUNERAL HELD
Military Honors Are Accorded Late
Briaader General

The funeral of Brigadier General
Charles r. Cresswell, who died Sun
day afternoon in Pittsburgh. was held
this afternoon at st. James's Church,
Twenty second and Walnut streets. The
ceremony was a military one, attended
by many members of the old Third Penn =
sylvania Infantry, n. G. p, which he
commanded, and members Of the Penn
sylvania Reserve, which he headed dur
ing the war. The interment was
private.
General Cresswells home was al
2122 Walnut street, and his studio al
10 South Eighteenth street. He was an
artist by profession.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
BIG COINAGE AT MINT HERE

Coinage by the Philadelphia Mint in
August consisted of the following num-
Der of pieces: Half dollars, 176, OPS; ;
quarters. 772.000; dimes, 3,450. 600 {;
nickels, 1850, 900, and pennies, 30 ,002,-
600; grand total, Al ,370, OPS, having a
value Of 81 ,270,034. Included in total
were O,02S Maine centennial half dol
lars. The Mint coined 1 ,145 900 pieces
for Cuba.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
| KILLED, 2 HURT IN STORM
Northeast Section of City Has Big
Fall Of Rain and Hall

Heavy rain, lightning and hail, in a
series Of storms, none of which passed
over the center of this city, swept
through sections of eastern Pennsylva-
mia and New Jersey yesterday, causing
The death of one man, the injury of
two others, and heavy property damage.
The most severe of the storms passed
over Edgewater Park, N. j., early in
the afternoon. When it was at it's
height Milton l.. Arensburg. COM
mission merchant connected with New
York firm, was instantly killed by bolt
o. ightning which also severely injured
Herbert Adams, farmer, and Walter
van Sewer, of Beverly.
Inc storm took semicircular path,
passing over Fox Chase, Cheltenham,
SSo,merton; Byberry, Bustleton, Torres
dale and TacOny.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-04

shopping disclosed novelty satin cloth-for jazz" refers embroidery Illustrated Gdding model of twill with wooden Beside of the tailored It's Turkish The skirt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-04
Will Direct Tests
 to Prove Death

New York, April 3-Directing that my body be kept disinterred for 3 nights after my decease and on the fourth day l wish some sure test applied thereto by which it may be proved that am really read" Mrs Ellen NJ. 5. Connolly. who died re- gently at Sierra Madre, Cal, insert ed this provision in her will, on file for probate in the surrogate's of flee
 She also provided her body to be encased in handsome metallic cas- ket" and brought here.
 4 petition filed with the will by Clarence A. Spear of 79 Wall street states she left no real property and her personal property exceeds S10,- 900. After making small bequests to some friends and-7 S1 900 to the Jeanne D'Arc Home for Frendless French Girls, the residue of her es- tate is left to her sister, Marie Ag- nes De Balaine of 1 Kensington ter race. Santa Monica, Cal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-04
TRIANGLE BEHIND
 \ TRAGEDY CAUSED N BY WOOD ALCOHOL.
Dne Woman Dead. Other is Al Seeking S100.00O 4li Damages

4 Baltimore, Md. April 3.-As a re- ault of the wood alcohol tragedy here sYsst November, Mrs Catherine Bris- ssI Of Philadelphia has entered suit ior S150,000 in Atlanta, Ga, against tohn Kelley, cereal manufacturer of shat city. Mrs. Bristol left Johns
 Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, few sreeks ago.
 K In her suit. Mrs. Bristol tells of
 she death of Miss Lucille Sharp, who
 iied from the effects of wood alco- Fol poisoning. and her illness from Sahe same poison. and charges that
 4he has been made totally blind as a Result of drinking the wood alcohol;
 ( hat the poison was given to her by
 i. felley with the intention of killing : CT; that he tried to kill her for the ! urpose of preventing her testifying < hat he had threatened to kill Miss 4 sharp; that she had witnessed sey-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-04
His Strength Has Returned; Arms and Legs No Longer Stiff ard Appetite Fine.
q RECOMMEND TANLAC
 TO ANY ONE" HE SAYS
Was So Run Down He Was Almost Past Doing Any Work - Troubles Quickly Overcome.

T count myself lucky that l got Tanlac." said Albert Hicks, or Al as he is familiarly called by his many friends, 218 Parsons street. Cincin- nati. flor I had gotten to where l was constantly having to lay off from my work
 MT. Hicks has been employed by the Cincinnati Park department as landscape gardener for the past nine years and has been member of the Junior Order United American Me chnics for II years. He has lived in his present home for 15 years and is highly respected by all who know him.
 T certainly can recommend Tanlac from the bottom of my heart he added, flor it has rid me of case of rheumatism and other troubles that had about put me past going. Why. the rheumatic pains were so sharp in my right arm that I could hardly get my hand above my shoul- der to do my work at the park. and my left leg and shoulder hurt me nearly as bad. My kidneys both cred me a great deal and my back ached so bad and was so weak l had to have 1t strapped. My appe- tite went back on me and l ate so little that all my energy and most of my strength left me. I was so rundown and weak that just lit tie job of work or a short walk would get me all Jagged out and short of breath. I felt tired out all the time and would come dragging in home from my work in the evenings and just drop down in chair, complete ly exhausted. I was badly consti- paed and invariably got up in the mornings with mean, nagging head ache, and feeling as tired and no ac-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-04
Six Seek Vote
 of Michigan at
 Primary Monday

i Detroit, Mich. April 3.-Final ap- peals by Gov. Frank o. Lowden ol Illinois. and Senator Hiram John son, marked the close tonight of the campaign for endorsement in Michi- gan's presidential preference pri- mary Monday. Governor Lowden closed at Saginaw. while Senator Johnson wound up his campaign at Muskegon.
 The Lowden- w ood-J ohnson contest for the republican endorsement was the outstanding feature of the cam paign.
 All three made at least two trips through the state, while Senator Poindexter, also a republican aspir- ant. made one brief tour.
 The three other candidates on the republican ticket, General Pershing, Herbert Hoover and William G. Simp- son of Detroit, made no active cam paign. MT. Hoover's cause, however. was taken up by hurriedly assem- bled volunteer organization after he announced he would accept the re publican nomination if it were shown to be desired by supporters of that party.
 The democrats have only one act i've candidate in the Attorney General Palmer The primary Mon day will be Michigan's second ballot ing for presidential preferment and the intense manifested in it con- trasts sharply with that of four years ago. So little interest was displayed in 1916 that the primary came near being abolished by the legislature. That the vote will be unusually heavy is predicted on all sides.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-04

eral quarrets between Kelley ant Miss Sharp and had witnessed Kel- ley's threat to kill Miss Sharp.
 Dr. Charles Lentz. who admitted her to the hospital and was in almost constant touch with the ease. said that he believed her to have been iH- iured permanently and rendered partly blind.
 Miss Sharp died November p at Union Protestant hospital hefe, after she had drunk what was believed to have been brandy. in Kelley's apart ment. Mrs. Bristol is alleged to have drunk some of the liquid of fered to her by Kelley as brandy and to have been made seriously i'll as the result.
 Kelley and Allie Osman, a Turk, of New York, were arrested here on caused the death of Miss Sharp and the illness of Mrs. Bristol. An analy- sis of the liquid in the bottle from which the women drank showed wood alcohol.
 The body of Miss Sharp had been taken to her home in WinstonSalem N. C. Coroner F. Edward Smith and City Health Examiner H. c. Bran ham went to Winston Salem, had Miss Sharp's body eXhumed and per formed a post-morten examination. discovering evidences of wood alco hol.
 Kelley and Osman were afterward cleared in local courts and the police dropped the case.
 Mrs Bristol says that Kelley and Miss Sharp were friends and that