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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
CANAL TO PHI[A.
I, BOOSTED BY N. Y:
Meeting Here Today Follows
Manhattan Conference on
$40, 900, 900 Jersey Project
WOULD MAKE FINAL LINK

New York and New Jersey business
men and organizations met in New York
Inst night and indorsed canal ncross
northern New Jersey. completing an in-
land waterway line between New York
tity and Philadelphia.
The estimated cost Of the project Is
GAO, 900 900, but investigators reported
today that revenues would soon make
nm that amount. Philadelphia organi.
sat!ons will discuss the plan in the
Mayors reception room this afternoon.
The meeting last night and the one
IN this city today were called by rep
resentatives of the War Department to
rive departmental engineers n chance to
find out the urgency and advisability
of the canal.
: Wilfred II. Schoff. secretary Of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
tion, attended the New York meeting
Mr.. Schoff. Alba b. Johnson. William
II. Bernard and N. Il. Kelly viii repre-
sent the Chamber of Commerce at to.
days hearing .
Jersey to Give Land
The state of New Jersey already has
voted to donate to the government the
right Of way over the 33.7 mills of land
necessary to complete the connecting
link, part of which will be the already
constructed Delaware and Raritan canal.
The New York meeting was held in
the United States engineering head
quarters, 80 Whitehall street. Al the
speakers favored the project. some COM
pairing it in Importance to the Panama
canal.
Colonel J. c. Sanford, United States
engineering corps, presided yesterday,
assisted by e. r. Smell. assistant engi-
M tho So,o,l J;ct 30, AZ C,knT
introduced the speakers. General
George w. .Goethals spoke for the New
York and New Jersey dock commission,
and Congressman Cleary. Of Brooklyn.
and Murray Hubert. New York city
commissioner of docks. spoke on the ad-
vantnges of completing this most i'm
portant link in the intercoaStal canal
system. President ]. Spencer Smith,
OF the New Jersey board of commerce
and navigation, spoke for that organi-
sation.
New York for Project
Dock Commissioner Hubert said that
New York. in ehdeavoring to procure
: thirty foot channel in Jamaica bay.
had met some opposition from New
Jersey, but was whole -heartedly behind
this project, which was altogether in
its neighbor state. He said the canal
was looked upon as means of bring
ing in produce and reducing rates on
the railways which We're brought into
competition.
Among the organizations represented
at the meeting were the Jamaica Bay
Improvement Association of Brooklyn,
the Harlem Board of Commerce, the
Chamber of Commerce of the State of
New York. the Maritime Association,
l.. kl,n
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the
Long Island City Chamber of Com
merce. the Staten Island Chamber Of
Commerce. the New York Board of
Trade and Transportation. the Mer
chants Association of New York and
several New Jersey business organiza
tionS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
MOORESTOWN GIRLS WIN
Defeat HaddonfieId Hockey Team by
Score Of 8 too

The girls of the Moorestown High
School defeated Haddonfield High at
hockey yesterday afternoon, 3 to 0. The
game was played at Moorestown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
COLLEGE WOMEN LUNCH
Club Board Entertains Leaders Of
COLLEGIATE AIumnae Branch

The College Club board gave II
luncheon today at the clubhouse to the
board of the Philadelphia branch of the
association of collegiate alumnac. The
presidents of local alumnae clubs are
also guests. Mrs. Horace Thayer,
who has succeeded Mrs. W. T.. Lingel-
bach as president of the Philadelphia
branch, spoke. The purpose was to
bring together Philadelphia college
women.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
McElWEE WILL NOT RESIGN
Probation officer to Test Judge
Browns Right Of Discharge

George McElwee, Trainer leader of
the Forty eighth ward, who has been
ordered to resign as n probation officer
in the Municipal Court by President
Judge Charles l.. Brown, said yester.
day he would refuse to obey the order.
II will not resign" said Mr.. Nc
sElwee. His resignation was requested
by November 10.
While he refused to amplify his
statement, it is presumed Mr.. McElwee
will test the right of Judge Brown to
dismiss him without specifying cause.
Mr.. McElwee took leading part in
the factional contest in the First Coun-
cilmanic district in the interest Of
James Gallagher. the anti-Vare Brown
candidate for city Council. He received
the request for his resignation i'm
mediately after the election.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
HURT IN COLLISION
Trolley Car Hits Truck-Second Ac
cident at Same Corner

Collision between a trolley ear and
motortruck which he was operating
last night resulted in the injury Of
David Green, nineteen years old. 421I
Wallace street. at Fifty second and
Thompson streets. This is the second
accident of its kind at the skip stop
crossing within two weeks. -
Green was removed to the West Phil
adelphia Homeopathic Hospital suffering
from two fractured ribs and injuries
to the head. The trolley crew will be
arraigned, for a hearing in the Central
Station this morning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
Bow Scouts Hold Rally

The Boy Scouts of the Twenty first
ward held rally last night at Wood :
vale, the clubhouse of the employees of
the American Bridge Co., Manayunk
avenue and Osborn street, Wissahick-
on, Urher Goodman, Scout executive
Of Philadelphia, and George I. Dodine,
originator of the Good Turn Week" +"
addressed $50 boys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
Student activities
at U. Of p. Today

12 80 p. m. - All University as
sembly and football rally, Weight
man Hall. '.
p. m.---Junior banquet commit
tee, Houston Club.
1 80 p. m.-Freshman class meet
ing, Houston Club.
2p. m.-Lecture, DIR. Il. TAFT
Mckenzie, "Thc Human Figure in
Art" Architectural Building.
Z 80 p. m.-Architectural smoker
and freshman reception, Architec-
tural Building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
HOUSE SERGEANT DIES
James p. Dalton, Of Tenth and But.
tonwood SITS. Station, Succunbs

House Sergeant James p. Dalton, for
twelve years connected with the police
department., died at his home, 1924 North
Hutchinson street, early this morning,
after an illness of three months dura-
tion.
Dalton was Girard College grad
nate, and was appointed to the force in
!oOS. He was attached continuously
TO the Tenth and Buttonwood streets
station. and was advanced to house
sergeant In July, 1919.
lie is survived by wife and five
children. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed. He was forty two
years old, ....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
DIAMOND PIN FOR TEACHER
Women Instructors Ask Some In.
crease In Grade, as High School Pay


The parting tribute Of the Women
Teachers Organization to it's retiring
chairman. Miss Jane Allen. at n meeting
10 the William Penn High School last
night. took the form of platinum bar
supporting seven diamonds. The new
officers elected are Miss Edith A.
Sprowles. chairman; Miss Edith Il.
Hanna, vice chairman; Miss Jessie A.
Mlrphy. recording secretary; Miss NJ.
Edith Cowpland. corresponding secrc-
tary, and Miss Joanna G. Lands, treas
ursr. .s
Resolutions were adopted asking State
Superintendent Fingean to reconsider
his proposed recommendation to the
Legs 'ature for increasing salaries Of
school workers insofar as the increment
proposed for elementary teachers is
concerned. The resolutions ask that the
same increase proposed for high school
teachers, $175. be applied. to grade
teachers as well, instead of the 500
now proposed,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Girls Hold Tournament

on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday
Of this week there will be an onen
singles and doubles tournament for
girls who were under eighteen wears
OF age last March, on the CLAW courts
Of the West Side Tennis Club. Miss
Adele c. Cragin, chairman of the tour.
nament committee, will conduct the
tourney and all entries should be mailed
to her at 345 West Seventieth Street
telephone, Columbus 2223. before l D.
m. on May 26. The entrance fee is 81
is 81 in each event.
The PUBLIC and the players should
give all possible encoura cement to these
Junior tournaments, both for girls and
boys, for it is from the ranks of the
younger generation that we must re-
cruit our stars of the future. Miss
Sragln and her committee, Mrs. II. F.
VI orse, Mrs. j. c. Brush and Miss Jes-
sic Gott, who are giving their time
10 TINS tourney, are deserving Of great
praise because Of their interest in
the event -
The singles will begin at $50 o'clock
IN the morning and the doubles at .
o'cloch. 1t IS requested that contest
ants be present on the opening dav for
which their event is scheduled and re-
port to the chairman of the committee
Immediately upon arrival PLAYERS
shouId also state, when sending in their
entrl j F., if they are attending school. in
order that their matches may be ar
ranged for the afternoon sessions.
First and second prizes Will be given
in each event
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Conquerors of Wilson
To Box Friday Night

Contenders for Johnny Wilson'S
newly acquired middleweight title will
meet in one of the two feature
twelve-round bouts the coming Friday
night at the Bayonne A. A Tommy
Robson, the Maiden Mass mauler, will
meet frankie Notter, the veteran New
York battler, for the right to meet Will
son first. In the other twelve" John
ny Sheppard, the English lightweight
sensation, will tackle Shamus O'Brien,
the Harlemite.
Robson already is signed to meet
Champion Wilson upstate next month,
but will lose the match if he is beaten
by Notter. Both Robson and Notter
have gained decision over Wilson, and
the winner will undoubtedly be the
first to tackle the conQueror of O'Dowd
upon his return to the ring. O'Brien
is one of the few lightweights that
have gone the route with Champion
Benny Leonard
The middleweight championship of
Bayonne will be at stake when Walter
Laurette meets Billy Hinners in an
Airh t.sorfe%< RxNNag
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Cornell Fights
Beat Harvard
In Two Races
Conrtney's Varsity Grew
Wins by Two Lengths and
the Freshmen by Four
From a Special Correspondent

ITHACA, N. Y. May 22,-Cornell
demonstrated again this afternoon
that her crews will make a great bid
for supremacy in intercollegiate row.
ing this year by defeating Harvard
dec'sively in both varsity and freshmen
events rowed late this evening over the
two mile Lake Cayuga course.
The Cornell varsity eight defeated
Harvard by two lengths in bitter
struggle which for the first mile was
as hard fought and grim race as this
course has witnessed. The Cornell
freshmen on the other hand literally
ran away from the Harvard yearlinps.
defeating them by over four lengths. or
by a margin of 81 seconds, defeat
such as few crews have suffered in the
annals of rowing on Lake Cayuga.
Inc big race was Nely late in start
ing. the whole regatta program having
been hald up by water conditions, so
that the varsity rSce W placed last
on the program. 1t "as $3.50 o'clock
before referee J. A. Lrown sent them
away
Harvard got the Jump and for the
hrst quarter mile maintained a bare
lead over the Ithacans. but about that
Tune Cornell began to put more power
behind the blades and slowly crent
ahead. The Ithacans were out to row
Harvard out early in the race, and bv
the mile they had taken all thought
OF squirt or conquest out of the Grim
son.
At this point Cornell had gained y
lead Of three-ouarters of a length Rv
the mile and a quarter open water
showed between the shells, and when
they were within half mile of the
finish tie Comedians had two lengths.
After that they gradually ushed ahead
until they had about two and half
lengths at the finish mark.
The race was started'in the fast dvinp
twilight. 1t was dusk as the two shells
came down the finish line. Cornell row
ing the same even 32 to 34 stroke that
rad marked its 1owing all the way down
the course. and Harvard responding with
beat OF about the same tempo. There
was no squirt in the Harvard eight, but
grimly and doggedy they hung on to
the finish
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Women Play at Pelham

The mere fact that Mrs. BENJAMIN
r. Briggs and her very efficient hus-
band are going to manage the women's
seventh annual invitation tournament
on the clay courts of the Pelham Coun-
Try Club, at Pelham Manor, is sufficient
guarantee for me that the event will
oe run OF IN manner 100 per cent
efficient. f0i ~e"'
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs have been con.
:uN'1is thls tournament ever since it's
inception, and not only do thew stage
the actual tournament itself in aasE
less manner, but the "sde shows 4"
such as teas, luncheons and dances
held IN the clubhouse during the
tournament week, have always been
features that made mighty appeal to
the players and spectators.
Ire tournament starts tomorrow
at 1:oo p m. with the women's
singles. The following day the doubles
will begin with the mixed doubles
starting the third day
!, A dinner dance will be given in
honor of the players on Wednesday
evening, May IS, at 8 o'clock.
A ,perusal Of the announcement
pamphlet sent out by Mrs. Briggs in
dlcates that no feature that would
tend to improve the tournament has
lt oFellooAeu' mere are commit
tees on rules and prizes, luncheons,
dance; teas. tennis and trans sportation.
Inc list of entries already received.
including some Of the best of the
metropolitan stars, indicates that the
tourney will be fully up to the stand
ard set in former years.
There is only one dark cloud on our
horizon as We look the situation over
In very small type on the program
we spy the words: "Davlight saving
time which. literally translated, means
,moonlight spending time" and, gosh!
how we dread it.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Brown Wins Handicap
At Plainfield Golf Club

PLA1NFIELD, N. j.. May 22.-R c.
Brown, with q net score of 10, won the
club handicap at the Plainfeld Coun-
try Club to-day, and ". II. Rogers and
A. l. Coddington, with a net score of
rs, were tied for first place in the ball
sweepstakes. The first round OF the
three ball tournament resulted as fol-
lows:
R. H. Pra.- defeated J. K. Evans and
Charles G r.an. A l.. Seidler and G. Z.
Pierson eI against H. W. Rush, L. H.
Gates defeated H. A. Staples and c. A.
Campbell. w. H Rogers defeated G. c..
Scott and S. T. Perrin, +. 0. Renhart
defeated F. M. Fargo jr and ". F.
Austin, c. D. Boice defeated R. &C..
Brown and r. |. Poucher {. E. Lips
comb defeated A. ". Drake and H. J..
Cochran, NJ. H. Long defeated H. M.
Stevens and A. L, Schomp, G. D. Her
ring defeated j. E. Er;ckson and
Howard Hammitt
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Izzy Wins and Loses
Decides Racetrack Is No Place for Brains
By W. o. McCeehan

60 racing said
there give you my
brains and am dollars out by the deal and am ruined
1T the fourth which they called Arizonas handy
clap and there four horses it. Did said they
ming? that of them running The of them
wasn't hurry anywhere Something all the time delay
ing them.
Yaphank Benny told should put all the dough had
horse by the Pkwck Yaphank
be the Ydd Home for the Poor and Indignant long time
Benny loose with his advise when horses
always going into the stables get his information right from the
feed boxes when the horses He told himself
when Benny coming the track he in
Listen zzy he said You could would
because the other three horses is dead already
Who kilt them? asked
said that he meant that they would be Oregon which
hurry get away from some place You know that could al
PICK the spots said Yaphan Benny Sure knew that He could
always pick the where would fall your
walk
carare.
But anyhow thought Yaphank Benny always
be put dollars Pckwick
has big bet down Youneed and that if would
would be diamonds Youneed
which a1S, he is also in the sam. same race
they call it The Camels Gaming newpaperer and
asked why whisting The came1s Is Gaming
lzy he told me- when the Scotch is to make it
that they would out their they Scottish
t0nnyhawk and mop the earth Hoay for
Willie said to him. please don't killing over here
would spoil Harry NJ stevens business @ S ou aou MAKE & 1t kans 1t
cat nothing at the place dead people
lzzy he told me You don't get What
make killing IN the fourth Fort
Churchill couldn't lose playing him right on his ser fo
the family plate and the Crown Chewels
hight that something ran
teller which he taking the bets
hurch linen my brains began to work
that got headache There another by TIA
name Mons Mouse and didn't have no bet him yet
kept sht on using my brains Then the buse
was blowing got the deer If
race couldn't lose nothing all to have brains
mere was all THESE people who
NVes and thought Me
nK about right away But nothing about the
ueef ' could get patented 1oaers
" get the benefit from brains is entitled r.
the 1900 - '00 ~
"heh the race IS over Yaphank to ask me II
LOOK ms tip Willie Macbeth didn't more
S Oorro" rope from Harry NJ Stevens
sno ~ 10 MN on account Willie Harry
'a me ne ngnt break the rope and fall down customer
lhen went by the books feUer
su H. ne TOLD me nothing
' won SIX dollars but lost
acne was worse than it from thinking. ' ~
Don't that prove it swndle .,1
1ose on lhe race and yet could
WIN the money fo1or ;L u0aiS
have no brains all a racing ~ 0' aS wen
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
French Players
May Surprise
Our Tennis Men
Famous Foreign Racquet
WieIders Chosen for
Team; Begins on July 8
BY Fred Hawthorne

While the prevailing opinion among
the game in this country is that the
United States Davis Cup team will go
straight through 10 the challenge
round against Australasia, in the inter
national matches this year, it is evil
dent that we are to have quite a
struggle with France in one Of the
preliminary rounds, to be played on
July 8.
Latest reports from the other side
state that France will be represented
on this occasion by her most famous
players, namely, Max Decugis, Andre
Colbert, William H. Laurentz and J.
Brugnon.
Decugis has won international
honors before this, being veteran Of
the game. He won many titles all
over Europe, ranging from English and
French championships to Olympic
events. He has been semi-finalist
at Wimbledon and a member Of the
Davis Cup teams of 1904, 1905, 1912
and 1914.
years old, has been a tournament
player for dozen years and is a for
mer champion of France, besides hav-
ing held several international titles.
One of his greatest feats was a victory
over the late Anthony Wilding, Of Aus
tralia, whom he defeated at the Queens
Club, in London. Colbert was on the
French Davis Cup team Of 1918 and
shortly afterward entered the war.
Laurentz is twenty-six years old and
won his first success by defeating Wild
ing in the covered court championship
at Autell in 1911 and winning the
doubles title, paired with Colbert. He
played on the French Davis Cup team
against England in 1912
brugnon IS the weakest man on the
team. He defeated Watson NJ. Wash
burn on indoor courts in Franc. bnt
lost to the American in the great inter
Allied tournament in Paris early last
year.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Yale Junior Grew
OutroWs Crimson
Senior Oarsn1en

NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 22-The
Juniors, the champion class crew at
Yale, defeated the Harvard seniors,
champions of that university, this
afternoon On the harbor in the annual
class championship race. Yale led by
length at the snish and her time was
minutes II A. seconds.
1t was good race from the start
and at no time over the course of
mile and ive-sixteenths did open water
show between the shells. Harvard
hung on doggedly and after going
under the drawbridge, half-mile
from the finish, spurted, drawing up
on even terms with the Yale shell. The
Ellis had something In reserve and an
swered the squirt by pulling away in
apparently easy fashion. They crossed
the line a good length to the good.
A big crowd saw the race, which was
feature of the annual spring class
regatta at Yale. Various class crews
rowed against each other. No time
was taken in any of the events other
than the championship class race.
The class crews were seated as fol-
lows:
YALE-Stroke, Boocock; No. 7, Ben
son; No. 6, Ewing; No. s, Rockefeller;
No. q, Taggart; No. 8, Trippe; No. 2,
P. Robertson; bow, Mccall; coxswain,
T. Robertson.
HARNARD-Stroke, Saltonstall; No.
7. Wheeler; No. s, Brown; No, S, Cas-
we'll; No. a, Dickerson; No 3, Norrie;
No. 2, Favenstadt; bow, Walker;
coxswain, Mellan.
The single sculls championship OF
Yale was settled when H. B. Cheney led
the way over a half-mile course. No
time was taken in this event Some of
Cheney's competitors were Allen, Ellis,
Faye and Carson. Guy Nickalls, the
Yale coach. was the referee of the va
rious events.
Inc freshman race was procession
and not much of one at that, be-
cause the Cornell yearlngs had alto
gether too much of the spotlight to
make it interesting. They had length
half and four at the mile No such
freshman eight had been seen on this
course in years; in fact, it was the
judgment of old rowing men on the
train that this was one of the fastest
two-mile eights they had seen on
Cayuga, fully the equal of any varsity
crew.
~ mile and half the Cornell cubs
had increased their lead to win as they
pleased.
Casadilla School. of Ithaca, beat
Stone School, of Boston. over mile
and fiVe-sixteenths course by four boat
lengths, and Arts College crew won the
Cornell champion ship race.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Ciddings's St. Paul Wins
Kings Plate in Canada

TORONTO, May 22-H, Giddings's
three -year-old St. Paul won the sixty
first running of the Kings Plate, open
Woodbine track here to-day Nearly
10000 persons witnessed the event
Ridden by J. Romanelli, St, Paul de-
feated fourteen of the best Canadian
breds entered in the mile and a quar-
ter classic in years. The time was .
minutes 9 seconds. In addition to the
price of 90 guineas, donated BY King
George, $500 was added by the On
tario Jockey Club.
Bugle March, with Williams up, was
second, four lengths behind, and Primo
finished third, six lengths back Of
Bugle March. st. Paul, Primo and
Bencher, which ran unplaced, all be-
long to the Giddings Stable.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
Woman Expert to Judge
Terriers at Cedarhurst

Miss NJ. Z. Lewis, of Paignton, South
Devon. England, and maid, reached
Manhattan on the steamer New York
Friday. She is one of the most famous
experts on fox terriers IN the world
and her kennel name, Paignton, has
been read after the names of hun
dreds Of champions. She has come
as the guest of the American Fox Ter
rier Club, 70 judge its speciality show
next Saturday at the Rockaway Hunt
ing Club, Cedarhurst, L. l., and will
return to her home Immediately after
the event
Over 300 terriers are entered to com
pete for $4,000 in cash prizes. the
largest amount ever offered for a one
breed show in the world. Frank F.
Dole IS the superintendent and will
take personal care for the comfort Of
the dogs, exhibitors and casual visitors.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-23
". Alcock Among Judges
For Mineola Dog Show

Among the list of judges for the
dog show Of the Ladies' Kennel Associa-
ton of America, to be held at the Fair
Grounds. ar Mineola, L. l., on Tuesday
and an Wednesday, June 1 and 2, appears
tne name of William E. Alcock, of Rom
ford, England. Mr. AIcock has iudsed
at all Of the big shows Of England and
the Continent, including the Kennel
Club Show at London. and should prove
an attraction. This is his irst visit TO
America.
Alcock's breeds include St. Bernards.
Russian wolfhounds, Irish wolfhounds
greyhouhds, whippets. collies, Belgian
sheepdogs,. Old English sheepdogs,
poodes. elbows, Samoyedes, bulldogs.
Vest Highland white terriers, Dandie
Dlnmont terriers and the variety