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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-01
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
FUND FOR POSIES ON GRAVE
Woman's Will Provides $25oo to Be
Used in Buying Yearly Blooms

A trust fund of S2500 is created by
the will of Mary r. Rowland of At
lantic City. for the purchase of pink
carnations to be placed on her grave in
North Laurel Hill Cemetery each sue
ceeding Christmas and Easter morning.
The testatrix left an estate valued at
$50 900 principally to Philadelphia
charitable institutions. Bequests total
ing $4,000 go to relatives. 49,.
The public bequests include $1,000
each to the Home of the Merciful
Savior for Crippled Children, Sunday
Breakfast Association, Children's Sea :
shore Home, Chelsea; Rush Hospital
for Consumptives and the remainder OF
the estate to the Episcopal Hospital.
Other wills probated were those of
Charles Eckhardt. 1906 ROckland street.
which in private bequests disposes OF
property valued at $500; Joseph :.
Phillips, Norristown, $4,000. and Mary
A. Roseter, Baltimore, $1,000.
Inventories of personal property filed
with Register Sheehan include those OF
Woolston Brown, $50 ,529.OS; George
Borrowes. $40, SPLIT, and Hampton s
Thomas, former clerk of the registra
tion commission, $49S9,79;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
BROWN SLAIN FOR
MONEY, NEW THEORY
Michigan Man May Have Had
$4,000 on Person, Authori-
ties Declare

Mt. Clemens. Mich, Jan. 3.-(By
A. P.)-Information brought out dur
ing the last twenty four hours, today
led authorities investigating the killing
of J. Stanley Brown. ten days ago, to
give serious consideration to the theory
that robbery and not jealousy was the
motive.
1t has been definitely established that
Brown a few weeks before his death
withdrew from a Detroit trust com
pany S12, 900 in stocks and bonds and
$4,000 in cash. No record of what dis =
position he made of these has been
located. The belief is expressed that
he converted the securities into cash
and carried it ir a belt. which he is
known to have worn. The belt has
never been located.
In resuming the secret investigation
he began yesterday, Alexander j. Groes-
beck, attorney general of Michigan. an
nounced today that every taxicab driver
in Mount Clemens will be summoned
for examination. Others to be called
late today. are Mrs. Cecil Beatrice
Nester, held on warrant charging her
with killing Brown Miss Gladys Sum
nit, chum of Mrs. Nester, and Lloyd
Provost, cousin of the slain mans
widow.
The preliminary examination of Mrs
Nester on the murder charge. set for
this morning, has been indefinitely post
poned. 1t WAS stated this morning that
Ben Sorenson, Camp Custer soldier
who Mrs. Nester declares can substan
tiate her story that she was in Battle
Greek at the time of Browns death
will arrive here late today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
HE DOUBTED
WIFE BEFORE SLAyING
Mervin UhI Sorry as He Visits
Her in JaiI-Woman
Fondles Baby

Cumberland. Md, Jan. 3.-Regret
that he questioned his wife's fidelity
following the discovery of Edgar Bryan
Pownall in her apartment on Monday
night was expressed yesterday by Mer-
vim Uhl. Mrs. Uhl stabbed and killed
Pownall when he refused her demand
that he go to her husband and clear her
name.
Irhl declared that he went up in the
air" following the discovery of Pownall
in his wife's company. He heard the
scuffle incident to her repelling the ad-
vance of Pownall, he stated, adding that
she opened the door instantly when he
shook the knob He visited his wife
in Jail yesterday
With her 49, month old baby laughing
and cooling in her arms. Mrs. Chl spent
the morning in caressing the baby and
talking to it in playful mood. apparently
unconcerned over the deed she confessed
having committed. She is pretty
woman, and has the appearance of a
fresh, healthy coDhtry girl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
NEW INQUIRY ASKED
|NCONv|CT'SDEATH.
Widow Of William Stehlik Seeks
Examination of Husbands
Body
MRS. HOWE SUPPORTS PLEA

Efforts are being made today to bring
about a new inquiry into the death of
William Stehlik, the convict III the
Eastern Penitentiary who hanged him
self on December IL Back of these
efforts are the widow OF the convict
and William A. Dunlap. the member OF
the Board of Prison Inspectors, who has
led the recent attacks upon Warden Me-
Kcnty's administration
Stehlik'S widow asked permission YES
terday to disiuter the convict body AZ
Long Island City. y. Y. where II Is
buried, but this was refused.
District Attorney Rotau. VINO has
been urged by representatives of a
nnmber of organizations TO start an
Independent investigation Into cundi
tiOns at the penitentiary, sent Janes
/ II. Kelly. member of his staff Of de-
tcctivcs. to attend the conference in
the office Of District Attorney Dcnnis
O'IrarE in Long Island City. Mrs
Stehlik repeated the testimony she gave
at the coroner's inquest here. that she
had seen cuts and bruises upon her huS
/ bands head after his death
Mrs. l.. V. Howe, who has iuvesti :
gated conditions at the Eastern Peni
tentiary for Dunlap, supported the PLEA
made by Mrs. Stehlik. District At
torney OLeary. after hearing the re
\ ports. refused to have the body of Steh
lik, which was buried in Queens Dor
ough, exhumed and a new autopsy made
Francis G.. Menamin, attorney 70
Mrs. Stchlik, in speaking of the effor
to have a new autopsy made, said
Witnesses, relatives of the dea'
man testified at the inquest that ther
1 yCnS a hnlA in Stehlilzfe hpnd hio pupIIpl
TO insert the ends of two fingers"
Representatives of the coroner. a
undertaken, and Coroner's ,Ppysicia
Wadsworth all denied that \ -e wa
any such mark on the body v, II th
inquest was held in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
ARRESTED AFTER CHASE.
Wounded Man Crosses Wide Swamp
and SWims Creeks Before Capture

Oscar B. Miller was shot yesterday
after be had run through miles of
swamp and had swan three creeks in
a vain effort to avoid arrest.
Miller. a negro living in Chester. was
given hearing today before Magistrate
Harris and held in $4,000 bail for court
The police say he was found by Mrs.
Wilhelmina Patterson yesterday morn
ing in her home at Eighty third street
and Holstein avenue. Miller. it is said.
was accompanied by another negro.
They ran out of the house and firemeu
from Chemical Truck No. Z. heard the
screams of Mrs. Patterson and started
after the men.
One of the men eluded his pursuers.
who continued after Miller. He led
them a chase over the marshy grounds
contiguous to Hog Island and in the
vicinity of Penrose Ferry road. TIc
swan two creeks, and it was not until
he had come out of Mingo creek, the
third he crossed, that he was captured
He had a bullet wound in the hand
4 nat and coat belonging to the sec
ond man were found on the bank o
/ the Schuylllill river. The police believ,
he may have been drowned. ~-SS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

of protest was change in the street
cleaning specifications, by which street
cleaning contractors We're not required
TO have any minimum number of men
cleaning the streets as formerly.
1t was in April. 1918. that the
Mayor was absolved by counclmanic
committee from all official suspicion
of irregularities in connection with his
bonding business and city contracts.
His bonding business was repeatedly
under fire. A minority report of the
councilmanic committee called a
farce the report that exonerated
him. 1t was shown that the Thomas
B. Smith Co.. which once held II per
cent of the city bonding business, had
corralled 70 per cent after Mr.. Smith
became Mayor.
One of his projects during the war
was the Mayor S employment exchange
for discharged service men. This
aroused opposition eventually. it being
charged that religious discrimination
was shown in the handling of Job seek
ers. But Mr.. Smith defended himself
against the charge. asserting it was
the employers themselves who desired
knowledge of the applicants religious
beliefs.
The final year of the Smith regime,
1919. had little that was outstanding so
far as constructive progress was con =
cerned. When the year began the
Mayor was facing an early trial on the
charges resulting from the Fifth ward
murder. in September, 1917.
Indicted for Conspiracy
Indicted December 10, 1917, on
charges Of conspiracy to violate the
Shern act. for misdemeanor in Office and
for contempt of court. he was placed on
trial January 90 1910. after a series
of delays and after he had obtained q
severance from the other defendants.
On January 81 OF last year Mr.. Smith
was acquitted on the first ballot. He
caused amazement in the courtroom by
kissing his counsel, John r. *. Scott
and Joseph p Gaffney.
Another hornets nest was stirred up
for the Mayor with the publication of
the Fosdick vice report. The Navy
Department policed the streets Of the
city on behalf of the service men, and
Superintendent Of Police Robinson was
shelved temporarily for Captain Will
liam B. Mills. who was acceptable to
the government officials.
As the closing months of his admin
istration slipped by the Mayor became
more and more inclined to vacations
City Hall saw nothing of him for weeks
at time.
It was in the latter part of last yeal
that the Mayor added General Pershing
Cardinal MERCER and King Albert tc
the list of visiting notables. whom hi
welcomed on behalf of the city. The
list included Marshal Joffre. NJ. vi.
viani, former premier of France, ant
other distinguished men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
BIG AUTO SHOW OPENS
Eighty-four Makes of Cars Exhlb
tied, 90 Types of Trucks

New York. Jan. 3.-(By A. P.)-
The twentieth National Automobile
Show opened here today in two divi-
sions-one at the Grand Central Pal
ace and the other at the Eighth Coast
Artillery Armory. Passenger cars Of
eighty four different makes ranging in
price from S7l5 to more than $11 900
were exhibited. At the armory sixty
nine makes of trucks were displayed.
Lieutenant General Bullard, com
manding the eastern department, and
Major General Shanks, in command of
the port of embarkation at HOboken,
will speak tonight at the inaugural ses-
sion of the highway transport confer
ence, which will be held in connection
with the motortruck section of the show.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
BUILDING WORKERS
AWED AT INTELLIGENCE
LooForeheaded Groups of Old and Young Men and Women
Questioned by u agents ShoU Mental Caber Of Agtators

Second. Young men of the same age.
Third. Older women, poorly dressed,
with low foreheads.
Fourth. Older men, poorly dressed,
with lower foreheads.
Fifth. Some rather vicious looking
ones.
Sixth. But most of them-hardly in
telligenzia.
If these folks are communists and
anarchists, its because some one told
them to be- And if they are dangerous,
they are dangerous because they are
creGulous.
They don't look like thinking class.
There are some soldiers among them.
Ono was overseas, and he evidently had
an aggravated form of soldiers crouch.
One of them was a father. and his
wife came to the Office to find him. She
brought her infant baby, and she wept
profusely. But no one is allowed to
speak to these alleged "Reds' until
they have been properly heard. She
was treated kindly by the Department
of Justice men. who led her to- com
Portable chair and told her to ''brace
up and be man."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
CONTEST GALLl-CURCl HOME
Prima Donna, Suing for Divorce,
Saws She Lives In CHICAGO

Chicago. Jan. 3.-(By A. PD-Dep-
ositions we're filed Yesterday in behalf
of Madame Amelita CALI Curci, grand
opera singer, in an effort to substanti-
ATE her claim that Chicago is her legal
residence. This is one of the disputed
points between the prima donna and her
husband, Luigi Curci, in her pending
divorce suit.
DR.. and Mrs. Harrison Fl. Fryette.
guests at the Curci summer home in
Chelsea Park, Pine Hill, n. Y. in
1918. testified that the singer said that
she loved America and tina, Chicago was
her home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
The city's intelligenzia !

The city'S intelligeDZia
Those of them who were rounded up
last night were escorted in groups Of
twos and threes and tens to the De-
partment of Justice Offices in the Fed
eral Building today.
And the passersby in the streets
stop to look them over as they leave
the patrol wagons under guard, and
drop remark here and there as to
what should be done with them.
The scrub women in the corridors
of the Federal Building, as the in
telligenzia file through, stop their work,
lift their heads and look them over
with mixture of fright and amaze =
ment.
And the city's intelIigenaia 3stumble
on. some with sneers, some with grins,
some with sadness in their eyes, but
most of them stupidity, not quite con-
scious of what's happening.
For Philadelphia hasn't "a very
choice assortment Of intelligenzia.
A hit or miss grouping would list
them as:
First. Young women, between the
ages of eighteen and twenty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
Highways Are Reported
in Fair TO Good Condition

Condition Of highways this morn-
ing as reported BY the United States
lVedher Bureau CO operating Wih
the State HighWuy Department..
Lincoln highway (Trenton to
Chambersburg) fair to good. mostly
good. Roadway practically free
from snow or ice.
William Penn highway (Easton to
Chambersbnrg), poor near Bethle-
hem, fair near Norristown. else
where good. Roadway practically
free from snow or ice.
Philadelphia and Reading pike,
fair to good. .. :.
Lancaster and Harrisburg pike.
fair to good.
Tomorrow
No change probable in highway
conditions. Sunday will be fair and
not so cold with but little wind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
HASTINGS ACCEPTS POST
Reconslders Refusal of Wilmington
City Judgeship

Dover, Del. Jan. 3.-Governor
Townsend at noon today announced the
Daniel o. Hastings as municipal Judge
appointment of former State Judge
for the city of Wilmington, to succeed
the late Judge p. Q. Churchnan for the
full term of twelve years.
Judge Hastings was in Dover at the
time and received his appointment at
once from the governor.
When the appointment was first ten
dered him, the first of the week, he de 70
clined to accept, but afterward con
sented
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
|. C. C. TO FIX RAIL RATES
conferees Agree Interstate Board
Should Have Supreme Power

Washington, Jan. 3.-(By A. P.)--
The Interstate Commerce Commission
woul be given supreme authority to fix
railroad rates under an agreement
reached by the Senate and House con-
ferees on the Esch- -Cummins railroad
reorganization bills. The commission s
power would supersede that of the state
commissions when the latter discrimi- =
mated against interests outside the state
or interfered with interstate commerce.
Chairman Cummins announced that
the provisions of the Senate bill, some
of the conferecs believing that the House
plan would give the commission power
to supervise all state rates.
Other sections of the bill were being
considered today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
DENIES AIDING MEXICO PLOT
E. l.. Fisueroa Challenges Right Of
Senators to Grill Him
Washington, Jan. 3.-(By A. P.

Washington. Jan. 3.-(By A. PD-
Emiliano l.. Figueroa. an attorney of
New York city. testifying today before
Francis j, Kearful, counsel for the
Senate committee investigating the
Mexican situation, denied having any
connection with Mexican propaganda
in this country or with plans Of Mexi-
cans in the United States to obtain the
release on bail of W. o. jenkins,
American consular agent at Puebla.
Figueroa challenged the committee S
jurisdiction to subpoena him on the
grounds that he was an alien resident.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
WATSON F. FUQUA DEAD
Banker and CIubn1an Dies at Home
in JenkintoWn

III Germantown
Watson F. Fuqua, prominent Phila-
delphia banker and clubman, died last
night at his home in Jenkintown after
an illness of six months.
Mr. Fuqua, who was fifty three years
old, had been for a long time the head
of the bonding and banking firm of w.
F. Fuqua & Co., with offices in the
Land Title Building. He was also di-
rector of Chandler & Co., Inc, and
of the st. Lawrence Pulp and Lumber
Corporation, Quebec.
He was pember of the Union
League, the Philadelphia Country Club,
the Cedar Park Driving Club, the Bank
ers' Club of New York and the Buffalo
Club of Buffalo. He was born in Rich =
mond, Va, and graduated from the
School Of the Xaverian Bros. in that
city before coming to Philadelphia.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Elizabeth B. Taggart, and two
sons, Claiborne Mclean Fuqua and
Landon Bathurst Fuqua.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence and interment will be made in
West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
DEMOCRATS IN HOT
FIGHT OVER DINNER
RivaIries Stirred by Bry an
Boosters Complaint About
Tickets
PALMER BITTERLY ASSAILED
BY CLINTON W. GILBERT
StaT Correspondent of the Evening Publ
Iedger

Ledger
Washington. Jan. "a pleasant
little row is going on over who. is
going TO grab the Democratic party on
jackson Day. Even seats al the ban
quet are in dispute as if the mum
ber of clackPrs n candidate had at the
tables would decide whether or not he
would be the candidate
Harry Walker. for Mr.. Bryan. in
New York charges Mr.. Tumulty, the
Presidents secretary. with having Sev-
enty seats for guests at the coming
canQuet. For Mr.. Tumulty. this dire
conspiracy to prevent the free. untram-
meled determination whose party is
the Democratic party is firmly denied
Mr.. Tqmulty. it is said. will have only
six guests at the dinner. Now six
guests is not an improper number 1t
is not a combination in restraint of
democracy to have six guests at the
banquet.
All Jealous of Palmer
/ Gossip around Washington is that
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer has
| taken fifty seats for the occasion. and
that his best periods will have sure and
abundant applause. Up to the present
| no one has denied the report with re
gard to Mr.. Palmcr's fifty seats But
! perhaps his fifty seats are like Mr.
| Tumultys seventy seats.
There is bitter jealousy of Mr.
! Palmer among the other aspirants for
! the Democratic nomination. because like
T the |. w. w. men. whom he is SC
busy investigating in the American
| Federation of Labor, Mr.. Palmer is il
the administration and is boring from
within
The point of Mr.. Walkers attacl
upon Mr. Tumulty is that the othel
candidates accuse Mr.. Tumulty of usin.
his position in the White House to ait
Mr.. Palmer in boring from within.
There is not the slightest evidence 0
it, Mr.. Tumulty knows only on
loyalty. that to President Wilson. an
the President has not vet indicated hi
preference for Mr.. Palmer. Until h
does. his secretary is sure to get alon
with only six seats at the Jackso
banquet and his guests will applau
with judicious fairness each possibl
Democratic candidate alike.
The truth is that Mitchell Palmer
candidacy is the most aggressive candi
; dacy in the Democratic party. Abou
the Capitol senators and representative
whisper that the attorney general
patronage is being used ruthlessly {
! promote HIS IlblllI'dl lbEIuutS. SDtudIOI
and Democratic national committeeme
complain that if they do not comm
themselves to Palmer they are not con
suited about appointments in their ow
, states.
Wilson the Real Star
The Palmer efforts are responsibI
for much bitter feeling. And storie
, like those about the fifty seats at tn
! Jackson dinner duly reflect the gener;
belief in the high efficiency of tt
q Palmer movement. If Washington
! believed it is missing no tacks.
But the Jackson Day dinner is going
belong to Woodrow Wilson, his MESA.
4 will oveEtop all others. Palmer coun
only if Wilson is behind him. Bryan
speech will be a vain effort to make Il
= Democracy listen to the old voice
loved to hear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
NEW BILLY DANSEY CLUE
SteepIejack Asserts He Saw Boy Re
semblinq Child in Ohio

The theory that Billy Dansey, of
Hammonton, y, j.. is still alive, was
revived this afternoon through a visit
made to the child's parents by John
l.. Griffin. a steeplejack. Of East Liver
pool. o.
Griffin is said TO have come here at
his own expense to inform the parents
he saw a child in Ohio who resembled
photographs of the missing boy. He
said the child is now in Oklahoma.
Griffin was referred to John H. White.
detective. of Atlantic county.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
TO REMOVE CAR rRAlLERs

Announcement is made by the Phila
delphia Rapid Transit Co. that. effective
Monday. change in schedules would be
made on routes Nos. and 20 operating
to League Island. The open smoker
trailers will then be taken off for the
winter and additional closed cars
placed on those routes to take the place
of the trailers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
Glass on Job Till January is

Washington. Jan, 3.-(By A. P.)-
Carter Glass will not take his seat as
senator from Virginia when Congress
reconvenes Monday, having assented to
the request of President Wilson that he
remain secretary of the treasury at least
until January 10, by which time it is
expected his successor will be nominated
and confirmed. Mr.. Glass was appointed
senator 10 succeed the late Senator Mar
TN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
Says He Killed Man in Texas

Wilmington, Del, Jan, 3.-Frederick
Lyme, when arraigned in police court
today. charged with assaulting the man
he boarded with, volunteered the infor
nation that five years ago he killed
Louis Evans by throwing him from a
second story window in Galveston,
Texas An Investigation is being made.
Meanwhile Lyme is held.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
REVENUE COLLECTIONS JUMP

Internal Revenue Collector Lederer's S
report for 1919 shows collections total
ing $500 ,079 1856. %. Some idea of the
difference the war has made in taxation
may be obtained from the fact that in
1916 the total collections were $l9,
444. .63S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
DEATH RATE INCREASES
Lung Troubles Blamed for Rise to
526 in Week

An increase in the death rate of the
city for the last week due to the preva
lency of lung troubles brought the total
number of deaths TO 526.
Deaths last week numbered 526, COM
pared with 601 during the corresponding
week last year. The deaths for the pres
cnt week were divided as follows males,
90; females. 24T; boys, "A, and girls,
10. The causes Of death were:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

was that a natlona
Americanism 4 commits
sion be created "to en-
deavor to realize ir thu
'nited States the ba sic
ideal Of the America t
Legion of 100 per cen
A Americanism through
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-07-16

NOTICE TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of Louis Rath. Deceased. Creditors
will present claims with vouchers to
the undersigned az her residence at
Latuda. Carbon county, Utah, on or
before the 23d day 81 September. A.
D.. 1890. COLLIDE RATH. Admins
tratrix OF the Estate Of Louis Rath.
first pub. July 10: last Aug. 6. 1920.