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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
DECLARES CLEMENT
WILL LOOKS FALSE
Handwriting Expert Points Out
Signs Of spuriousness
in Paper
REGISTER HEARS CASE

A scra pof paper containing nine
words. which was offered for probate, as
will by the widow Of DR.. Hayes Ag-
new Clement, dentist. who died at his
home, 1927 Walnut street. last Jan =
uary, leaving an estate Of $50 900, was
said to show many signs of spurious
ness by handwriting expert testifyins
today before the register of wills. :.
Albert s. Osborne, the expert, of New
York, said the alleged will had been
written on a species of tracing paper,
was not continuous but disconnected
and apparently written at different
times by different persons. and shows
lack Of harmony in the alignment ana
size of the words, together. with
marked slant.
The paper purporting to be Doctor
Clements will was alleged to have been
found by his widow, Mrs. u. Lois Glenn:
ent, after he was believed to have died
without a will. She obtained letters of
administration on February IL. The
only heirs were the widow and the
mother of the dentist, Mrs. Ruth A.
Clement, who lives at 221 Farragut
street.
Under the intestate laws the widow
would be entitled to receive an allow
ance Of $4,000, $500 exemption and one
half of the remaining portion Of the
estate, the residue going to the mother.
Some time later the widow said she
discovered piece Of paper on which was
written in lead pencil:
"If Lois lives / will her all / own.
"HAYES A. CLEMENT.
"July 2. 1919"
This instrument was offered for pro-
bate and the mother of the dentist i'm
filed caveat alleging the
"scrap Of paper" is not the will of her
son. If the register of Wills, before
whom the hearing on the caveat is
being held in Room 436, City Hall,
decides that it was the will of Doctor
Clement, the mother will get nothing
from the estate.
Francis Skunk Brown is attorney for
the widow of the dentist and Maurice
B. Saul represents the mother.
Alfred NJ. Stine, a handwriting ex
pert, who lives at 1888 North Six
teenth street, was called as witness by
Maurice B. Saul, attorney for Doctor
Clements mother.
Stein testified model had been used
in writing the will and in his opinion,
some of the words had been traced.
On cross examination he said il he
had been asked to form his opinion
from the scrutiny of single word, he
would have pronounced the will gen.
uine. but from a scrutiny of the entire
document, could form no other opinion
than that it was forgery.
The case was continued until Monday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
DR.. W. S. LONG DIES
Prominent Camden County PhysI.
clan Succumbs After Short Illness

DIR. William s. Long, prominent
physician of Haddonfeld, n. J., died
after short illness yesterday after
noon, at his residence, 80 Kings High
way, West. He was sixty five years
old, and is survived by widow and
four children.
He was the son of DR.. Matthew A.
and Rachel Mcclure Long, of Potts
town, Pa, and was graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in the 1878
class, after which he practiced in Phila :
delphia until 1885, when he went to
Haddonfeld, where he had lived since
that time.
He showed himself to have been a
man of noble character and Of great in :
telligence far above the average, and
was skillful physician. He became
prominent in his community, where he
held the respect and esteem Of residents
of Haddonfield. He was member of
the First Presbyterian Church, of the
Pennsylvania Historical Society, of
the Haddonfeld Historical Society. of
the Camden Medical Society, the Had :
donfeld Civic Association and other or
CARNATIONS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
N.I.PARDONCOURT
FREES 50 CONV|CTS
Restoration to Citizenship
Granted to One-2O More
to Be ParoIed
CLEMENCY FOR SLAYER

Trenton, July 15.-The New jersey
Court Of Pardons today announced
consideration of a total of 800 state
prison and twenty three county prison
cases. OF that number the investigating
committee Of the court recomins sndel
complete pardon and restoration to cit =
izenship in one prison case, immediate
parole in fifty three state prison cases
and five county prison cases, a
total of fifty nine; parole on ex-
piration of minimum sentence in
twenty state prison and county priso-
cases, and remission of fines In five state
prison and four county prison cases. =
A parole was allowed William Borton,
Of Middlesex county, convicted of man
slaughter. He was sentenced on No
vember 2S. 1910, to from one to ten
years. His minimum sentence would
have expired on October g. 1920.
The list of parole cases includes:
burglary; Carl +. Muller, obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Camden county-William Barnes, as
sault and battery with intent to kill ::
Oliver Davis. assault with intent to
kill; Homer Dixon, grand larceny and
carrying concealed weapons; William
Egleston, breaking, entering and lar
ceny 4; Charles Green. robbery, and Louis
Grandal, assault with intent to abuse.
Essex county-N1ilton Bauman, es-
cape; Frank Brown, assault and bat
terry; James Brown, larceny and re-
ceiving; John Freeman, breaking, en-
tering, larceny and receiving; Albert
King, bigamy; Adam Koble, arson
Samuel Lardiere, assault and battery
and abuse; Charles Mueller, larceny
and receiving; Frank Parise, atrocious
assault and battery: Frank Smith, as
sault and battery; Reuben Taylor, as
sault and battery; Max Wachs, assault
and battery with intent to kill.
Gloucester county-John a. Wash
ington, larceny.
Salem county-Eugene G.. Lawrence,
forgery: Dominic Mabzia, atrocious as
sault and battery.
For parole on designated dates the
following were indicated:
Burlington county-Joscph Selig-
man, larceny.
Camden county-Rachael Tredwell,
larceny.
Gloucester county-John r. Jarni-
gen, breaking and entering.
Mercer county-Atwood Embley.
breaking, entering and larceny.
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Allies Take Up
TeutOn AnslUer
Continued from Page Ono

Continued from Page Ono
member of the German delegation. in
formed Premier Lloyd George that the
German representative had yielded, the
dispatch says.
THE German acceptance is not sur
rounded with too many reservations
and counter demands, and is being seri-
ously considered says Pertinax. no
litical editor of the Echo de Paris, "Tbc
problem which confronts the allied min
listers is this: What guarantees shall,
the Allies require that Germany will
carry out her engagements? Shall plans
formed yesterday disappear altogether
or shall they remain suspended over
Germany's head like the sword of Da :
mocles?
German delegates at Spa held an.
other meeting last night to consider the
result of Doctor Bonn's call on Mr.,
Lloyd George. The struggle between
Konstantin Fehrenbach, head of the
German delegation, and Doctor Simons
German foreign minister. and experts
accompanying the German delegation
is very sharp. Doctor Simons is cred .
tied with the following epigram during n
discussion of the situation: with rs
experts talk too much and diplomats
talk too low"
Plans had been made for the imme :
diate occupation of the Ruhr bosin h,
allied troops if Germany had nor oc, ~
ceded to the Allies demands, rho
American Government would have baon
asked to participate. Details had beon
arranged for the movemnet of the troons
tomorrow. 0P'
If the occupation of the Rubr takos
place. it will be Carried out by NJ ianst Iao 81
six divisions. three French. two Rritish
ane one Belgian. Every military nrenn
aration has been made to this end
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
THIEF BINDS WOMAN
FTER BEATING HER
Mrs. Marie Toner Lies Helpless
in Port Richmond Home as
House Is Ransacked
ROBBER OBTAINS ONLY S.

Surprising a robber in the cellar Of
her home yesterday. afternoon, Mrs.
Marie Toner, of 1886 X street. Port
Richmond, was knocked down by the
intruder, who then bound her hands
and feet, and ransacked her home.
The woman was not discovered until
several hours later, when her husband,
George Toner, returned from work. and
heard her calls for help.
Mrs. Toner told the police she heard
a noise in the cellar shortly after noon,
Instead of calling for assistance, She
went alone into the cellar and came
upon the man Unexpectedly.
The intruder, described as thirty FIVE
years old. five feet six inches in height
and weighing 135 pounds, Immediately
attacked Mrs. Toner. He struck her
between the eyes with his fist. she
says, and then taking old rags from a
corner of the cellar, bound her Sc
curely and left her lying on the floor.
Mrs. Toner heard him ransacking the
first floor of the home. Her shouts
for help were not heard by neighbors,
The man obtained IS from Mrs. Toner'S
pocketbook and escaped.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
SUFFRAG|STS Want
VOTE, NOT 0RATORY
Mrs. George PiersoI Says Hard
ing's Words Are Beautiful
but Not Convincing
RATIFICATION ONLY AIM

"Senator Harding's oratory is beau
tiful, but what we really want is th'
thirty sixth state"
That. briefly. is the women's reply tc
the statement issued BY Senator Hard
ing. extolling the Republican party's
work for suffrage. It was voiced today
by Mrs. George Piersol. local chair
man Of the League of Women Citizens.
Mrs. Piersol sounded n warning to
the Republican party that IL 1t wanted
women's votes in November in those
states which already have suffrage, 1t
| had better push through the final rati-
fcation of the suffrage amendment
which will give the right to vote to all.
"Do Something" She Says
"why doesn't Mr.. Harding stop
talking about how much the Republi-
can party favors suffrage and do
something to put suffrage across for
changer asked Mrs. Piersol.
If the Republican party wants to
see the women get the vote. let Mr..
Harding see to it that the leaders do
powerful the Republican party is. Let
them use some Of this power in Yer
mont and Connecticut.
ITO be perfectly frank, ] don't
think the Republican party wants
suffrage at all. It's all very pretty for
Senator Harding to talk about the Re-
publican states that have ratified the
suffrage amendment. How about the
Republican states that have not rati-
fed it? They are the ones we are con-
cerned about. We don't care how
many states have ratified, or whether
these states are Republican or Demo
cratic. What we want is ratification
Of the amendment by the thirty sixth
state. It's the thirty sixth state that
counts.
Calls Women Nonpartisan
"The women are truthfully nonpar-
tisan in this matter. We don't care
about parties; we care about results.
But we have our eyes open. We have
years. It is very dear to us-an inti-
mate part of our lives. We are not
so stupid We do not know what is going
on. We are not partisans, but we
know what has been done for suffrage
by the two great rival parties. We
know that in the Congress before that
which gave the suffrage amendment to
the people the Republican members
allowed the amendment to be defeated
that they might get the credit of pass
ing it in the next Congress.
HAS any Republican Congress
passed the suffrage amendment? It
never even got to vote until Demo-
cratic Congress gave it recognition.
ut is all very well for Senator
Harding to talk. But if he wants to
aid the suffrage cause, let him stop
talking and get busy. And, what is
more, If he wants the women's votes
in November he had better hurry up
and put suffrage through now. His
oratory is beautiful, but what we
want is the thirty sixth state -
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Helen Taft Weds
Yale Professor
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from rage One
events concerning both countries. Built
In 1865 and opened in 1867 by n group
OF &ehtlemen from Montreal, Toronto
and Cpebe:, 1t was the scene in 1901
o9 a meporial service on the death OF
President Mckinley. delivered by the
Rev. William s. Rainsford, at which
Americans. English and Canadians
gathered to express their regret.
In 1911 Earl Grey and his family
worshipped DIT this church and the Earl
half playfully remarked Il am going
back to England to found a Union
church. For the word union means
that here Protestants or all dcnomina
tions are invited to worship.
This is the third wedding to take
place in this little church. Just thirty
one years ago tomorrow Miss Carr and
Mr.. Willie Blake, of Toronto, were
married there and in 1916 the wedding
OF Miss Edith Minturn and Mr.. Phillip
Stokes. of New Rork, took place.
Among the relatives and the friends
OF the bride who came on especially
for the wedding were Horace Taft,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p. Taft, Pro.
Sessor and Mrs. William Scmple. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Taft, Mrs. Gcorge
!Snowden, Charles =. Taft. I'd. Miss
Maria Heron. Edward Hart, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Bowers, Mrs. RandoII,h
Mason, Mrs. Clinton Knight and two
college friends of Miss Taft, Miss Mary
lAlbertson, of Magnolia, y. J., anI
Miss Helen Irving, of Baltimore.
The bridegroom 5 family and friends
who arrived yesterday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick ]. Manning, Miss F. 4
johnson, Miss B. NJ. Arnold, Miss
Julia Arnold, Mrs. Hambett, Mrs. ],
u. johnson, Miss Margaret johnson,
Francis johnson, Mr.. aud Mrs. +. II
Dearing, Miss Agnes Hayward and Miss
Helen Arnold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
SCHMIDT WON'T COME HERE
Sears, Roebuek g. Co. Official Re.
fuses TO Attend erlbe Probe

A. B. Schmidt. eastern representa- =
tive of the Sears, Roebuck & Co.. who
was approached for $25 900 to insure
transportation to the company's Roose-
welt boulevard plant, has refused to at
tend the probe into the affair today.
Instead, a letter from Schmidt will be
read at the meeting of the councilmanic
investigating committee in City Hall
this afternoon.
Schmidt's reasons for not returning
are mot good reasons" according to
one member of the committee and, fol-
lowing the meeting today District At
torney Rotan is expected to be asked to
institute legal action to force him to
come to Philadelphia and testify.
Schmidt is at his Chicago home where,
because his wife has been i'll. he has
remained since the probe brought out
discrepancies in his story of the attempt
to mulct his firm of the money to force
the transportation item through Coun-
Gil
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
LOTHARIO, no. CAN'T BE
CAVEMAN TO WOMAN, 23
Magistrate Price Tells Too ardent Select One Nearer
O'On Age and Keep Silk Stockings as Lope Tokens

Love is terrible thing, judge.
When man gets in my condition he
gets desperate and don't know what he
it,"
William Townsend, forty years old,
17l7 Juniata street, pleaded in vain
with Magistrate Price today to be freed
of the charge Of threatening to kill
Mildred YOcum, 4534 North Gratz
street, twenty three years old, and
pretty.
You re old enough to have more
sense than to run around after a
twenty three year old woman.'r the
magistrate replied. "She doesn't want
an old timer like you.
Don't you know there are more
women than men in Philadelphia? The
next time you fall in loYs make an older
woman the victim of our affections.
Six yo} 'ag'd dollars bail f-.espurt."
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wealth to be taxed so as to shift the
tax burden from the poor, expressing
opposition to consumption taxes and
recommending steeply graduated income
taxes for federal revenue, and taxation
Of land values and sharply graduated
inheritance taxes for state and local
government.
Seventh. Urges reduction of the cost
Of living by stabilization of currency
federal control Of meat packing indus
try and enforcement of present laws
against profiteers, Especially the big
ones"
Eighth. Favors "justice to soldiers
of the world war as a matter of right
and not of charity" recommending
payment Of sum Sufficient to make
their war pay not less than their peace
time earnings.
Labor Bill Of Rights
Ninth. Labor bill of rights, which
includes declarations for:
The unqualified right Of all workers.
including government workers, to strike,
Freedom from compulsory arhitra-
tion.
Maximum standard eighth hour day
and forty four hour week.
Old age unemployment payments and
work kmen's compensation to insure
workers against accident and disease.
Abolition of employment of children
under sixteen years, complete and eff
fective protection of women in industry
with equal pay for equal work, aboli-
tion of private employment detective
agencies used against strikes and eX-
clusion from interstate commerce of con-
vict labor products.
The Farmer Labor presidential nom
inee is native Of the West. He was
born at Weston Ia, forty nine years
ago. From early life on a farm. Chris
tensen. the eldest of five children,
plugged away at an education until he
graduated in law at Cornell University.
He since has spent most of his time in
Salt Lake City.
Prior TO 1912 Christensen was
ranked as n 'Dolliver" Republican,
but allied himself with the Bull Moose
in that year. The death of that party
set him adrift and, he said, he "sidled
into the stall and voted for Wilson in
1916"
The result on the first ballot in tbe
Farmer Labor convention was as fol-
lows:
Dudley Field Malone, 1868: Eugene
V. Debs. 6S; Farley =. Christensen.
121. /; Henry Ford, 1913; Governor
Lynn j. Frazier, 0; Herbert Bigelow.
Z; Louis +. Post, II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
RIDGE AVE. NEEDS REPAIRS
Great Holes In Paving Threaten We.
I hlcles, Delay Fire EnoInes

Several paved sections of Ridge ave
nue. are so badly in need of repairs that
the thoroughfare constitutes menace
TO vehicular traffic.
Axles of motOrtrucks have been
snapped in two and automobile springs
have been broken because of the sunkcn
I condition of some sections Of the street.
t Firemen say that in responding to
alarms they are badly handicapped by
the condition of the street and are fre :
quently delayed several minutes in
reaching fires.
y One of the worst sections of Ridge
avenue begins at Midvale avenue and
extends to Calumet street in series of
holes, which at some points are more
than foot below the level of the street.
At other points the Belgian blocks are
completely torn out and heavy motor
trucks sink TO their hubs in mud.
The street Is particularly in need OF
repair between Calumet street and
School lane. From School lane to Wis
Sshickon hill the condition is fair.
Z from Gorgas Park to Shawmont
4 fnuc there Is another section of dam
Y pavigE, with series Of holes and
A<rqs6 sunken places. Heavy
s 4. kied with paper for the Mana
I! gre largely Responsible for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15

Both Townsend and Miss Yocum were
ir tears at the hearing in the Twenty
second street and Hunting Park avenue
station. The alleged threat to kill came
from her efforts to get back one of her
silk stockings the man had.
The two were friends for two years.
He gave her jewelry worth $500, which
she returned about n month ago. On
June %, her birthday, Townsend sent
Miss Yocum three pairs of silk stock
ings: She returned them, accidently in
closing an additional one.
Recently she wrote asking for it. Yes
terday he called at her place of employ
ment. He saw her and is said TO have
threatened to kill her. She agreed to
meet him after work.
Then she tainted. The police were
called. Two detectives kept the ap-
pointment. A loaded revolver was found
on Townsend He says he intended to
kill himself and not harm the woman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
VIII Aids Catholic Institutions

Catholic organizations profit by the
will of Daniel O'Neil, 1923 North See.
ond street. admitted to probate today.
The estate is valued at S943S. st. Mi.
chael's Roman Catholic Church gets
5000, the Little Sisters of the Poor,
5000, and st. Mary's Hospital, 5000
Other wills were those of Eugene l..
Albert. 124 South Ninth street, $780,
600; NJ. Andrew Hames, 1904 Erie
avenue. $50. 400; Frederick Hacffner,
2426 West Gordon street, 500, 900, and
Pauline Schuh, 1923 North Thirtieth
street, 1866.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
DISCUSS DOCKMEN'S PAY
Shipping Board Chairman confers
With Unions Representatives

Washington, July 15.-(Ry A. pl
Wages and working conditions affcct ,
ing deep sea longshoremen EMPLOYED
at Atlantic coast ports were the subject
of conference today between renro .
sentatives of the International Long
shoremen's Association and Chairman
Benson, of the shipping board.
The present agreement between rho
board and the association, which ev
pires October /, resulted from tLo
award of the national adjustment com :
mission last October, and provides that
sixty days notice be given by either
party if the agreement is to be discon :
tinued. The board is to hear the lone
shoremen before making a decision es
to whether the present agreement Will
be. continued another year, Officials
said. ''''o's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
DEATHS

>, ,sCRUYLER.-on July IL. 1920. DAVID
II, SCHUYLER in the 74th year OF his age
mains at the David H. Schuyler Building,
n. w. cor; Broad and Diamond sts., Sunday,
from IL o'clock noon to 10 D. m. Funeral
services and interment private at the CON
VenienCe Of family on Monday.
- ROWLAND.-SuddenlY. on July H. Mr.
=. II. ROWLAND. Funeral services on
S9osSSF9MHy oS MSIros at 10 a. m at his late residence
NEBlNGER.- July IA, 1920, EDWIN,
son Of :he late Edwin and Sarah Nebingcr
Services on Friday afternoon. at 2 o'clock,
torment Arlington Cemetery.
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"Street. Bathing" curtaIIed

Patrolmen were today ordered by Su-
perintendent of Police Mills to permit no
one to open fire hydrants except firemen
or street cleaners; The order was is
sued to prevent the waste of water by
unauthorized persons seeking relief from
the heat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
Guard Schools From VandaIs

Superintendent of Police Mills TODAY
sent out general order to guard
against vandalism at public schools.
closed for the summer. Several schools
have been entered and numerous in
stances of window smashing and petty
thievery reported.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
18th PARTY" MEETS;
MAY HAVE TICKET

Chicago. July 15.-(By A. P.)-
Members Of the Committee Of Forty
eight boiling the farmer labor party,
voted this morning to stay in session
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