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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
ADAMS COMBS MAIL
FOR CLUE TO BABY
State Police Head Seeks Thread
OF Eridence in Hundreds
OF Letters Received

Major Lvnn Adams. head of the state
police. is not leaving any clue that may
lead to III" finding of Blakcly Coughlin
untouched.
He personally roads and carefully
thinks over the plans and supposed
threads of evidence contained In the
hundreds Of letters which are written
by people all over the country who
think they may have in their possession
Information that will bring the little
fifteen months old NOrristOwn boy back
TO his parents.
There is one chance in perhaps
10 900 that We will find anything in the
letters We get, but ! am not going to-
let even that cmalll chance escape me,
said Major Adams today. In front oi
him was a littrc Of mail. Some of the
clues he said, were vague, but when
ever there was a chance of the slightest
possibility detectives were at once sent
out
Pcoplc have written from all over the
country and some have exploded very
wild theories, but Major Adams's grin
determined face was absolute when ht
said that the Coughlin baby is to bt
/ found.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
GOV. COX PREPARES
FOR SPEAKING TRIP
Nominees Mail Is Loaded With
Hundreds of congratula-
tory Messages
LEADERS WIRE APPROVAL
BY the Associated Press

Dayton. o., Aug. APPROXIMATIONS
for his speech making tour kept Gov.
ernor Cox busily engaged today, while
the Democratic vice presidential nomi.
nee, Franklin d. Roosevelt. was being
formally notified at Hyde Park. n. Y,
The governor had hoped to attend tho
Roosevelt ceremony, but was detained
here with arrangements for his tour
ing campaign, and he also desired Mr..
Roosevelt to have the center of tho
Democratic stage today.
Over Sunday mails and the telegraph
today brought hundreds of congrat,,.
latory messages to Governor Cor
praising his declaration of policies in
bis acceptance address Of Saturday and
enrolling their writer's under the Coz.
Roosevelt standard.
The first address Of the governor pe.t
Thursday at Camp Perry. O., in pre.
senting the Governors cup for rife COM
petition, Is expected to deal with the
League of Nations and the rcbabiIita'
tion of ex service men.
In other addresses of his August itin-
erary Governor Cox will discuss. his
advisers state. publicity and campaign
contributions before the Indiana editors
at South Bend. Ind. affairs of interes,
to miners in his Pittsburgh speech and
agricultural matters to tho farm organ.
izations at Columbus. o.. September Q,
Among Governor Cox's stack of con.
gratulations were the following: Ar.
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer: "I
congratulate You upon your speech Of
acceptance. Clear. unequivocal, force.
ful and true. 1t will receive the com.
mi ~ a nd
thinking people. It forcshadows sue.
cess for the party and promises a rcal.
ization of the nations Ideals
Homer s. Cummings. former chair
man Of the Democratic National Com.
mittec: Your speech Of acceptanc,
is winning document. Strong. clear
persuasive and thrilling. it cannot fai
to satisfy the best thought Of the coun.
try. congratulate you upon great
task nobly performed"
Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, NJ
Nebraska. administration leader In the
treaty fight: Accent my conrratuia.
tions on your splendid speech TODAY. II
does YOU honor. It assures YOU tho
support Of millions of independent vot.
crs. 1t inspires and arouscs your party
followers" ''
Mrs. Antoinctte Funk, suffrage leader
and former McAdoo worker, Washing.
ton: Accept my hearty congratuls.
tions upon your truly great speech
There is not false or uncertain note
in it. You have taken the side of the
constructive progressive and should re.
ccivc the support Of all progressives,
regardless Of party"
Representative James +. Byrnrs.
Aiken. s. c.: "Great speech. Predict
you will run Harding under the porch"
Governor Cox today was watching
closely the Tennessee contest over rnt
| itication of the woman suffrage amend.
mcnt He had representative at Nash
vile who was to- advise him whether
a personal visit would be advisable, but
it was not believed here that the gov.
ernor would be called.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
KEYSTONE WOWEN
WATCH TENNESSEE
10000 in This State Eagerly
.AtUait Legislative Action
on Suffrage

Two million Pennsylvania women
are awaiting with interest the action
Of the Tennessee Legislature today on
the suffrage amendment. The session
is a special one.
Mrs. J. Willis Martin. an influential
member of the Republican women s
committee of Pennsylvania said today
that the vote of this states women
will be almost unanimously Republican.
With Republican leaders planning an
intensive state campaign among the
women, II they gain the franchise, she
says. many prominent women are ready
to forsakc their vacations and cam.
paign for Harding and Coolidge.
In outlining reasons for the women s
support of thr Republican ticket. Mrs.
Martin quoted figures proving that that
party had done more for suffrage than
the Democratic party.
The women of Pennsylvania. Mrs.
Martin said last night. 'have thought
things out for themselves as much as
the men, or even more. because their
minds arc less taken up with bust
ness affairs. They will not br dupcd
by Cox. whom they know to be mere
follower Of Wilson and the Wilson
policies.
THE women Of PENNSYLVANIA are for
league. but they want league with
guarantees. They do not want a one =
man league"
This desire to bowl over Wilson and
his one man league will take prccp-
dcncc with the women above any de-
sire which they may hold to reward the
agencies responsible for women's en-
franchisemcnt. Mrs. Martin believes.
If the supposition that the women
will reward the party which had the
larger share in giving them suffrage is
correct, she said. the women voters will
find themselves confronted with the
following option:
taD Twenty nine Republican states
and only seven Democratic states have
ratified the amendment. Seven Demo
cratic states and only one Republican
state have rejected the amendment.
Therefore, the Republicans have done
more for suffrage than the Democrats.
(b) On the other hand, suffrage will
not be possible IL Tennessee refuses 70
ratify. 1t is improbable that Tennessee
would have adopted the amendment
were II not for the appeals OF Prcsi
dent Wilson and Governor Cox. There
fore, il Tennessee ratifics credit for the
suffrage victory will be owing to the
Democrats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
SUFFRAGE SESSION
WILL OPEN TODAY
Tennessee Legislature viii
Probably Not Take Action
Until Tomorrow
BOTH SIDES ARE Confident
(By Associated Press. }

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 9.--The Leg
islature of Tennessee meets in spcclal
session today to consider ratification oi
the federal woman suffrage amendment,
and suffrage advocates hoped to com
plete the list of thirty six states neces
sary to enfranchise the women OF the
nation.
Delay by Governor Roberts in issuing
the call for the special session. which
was not sent out until Saturday because
Of the necessity of first holding elections
to fill thirteen vacancies in the Senate
and House. made it probable that alb
sence of quorum would prevent a
regular session today. This evening,
an adjournment until tomorrow is ex
pected to be taken to permit members
from distant parts Of the state to reach
the capital.
Final statements before the opening
of the battle by suffrage and anti
suffrage leaders alike expressed con
tidcncc as to the outcome. Disinter-
cstcd observers. however. refused tc
venture a prediction. declaring that the
margin for or against ratification was
too close.
Calls for a caucus of Republican
members preceding the converting of the
session at noon had been sent. The
action Of the caucus was considered as
likely to have an important bearing or
the final votes. as there are seven Re
publicans in the Senate and thirty -four
in the House. Pressure on the Rcpub-
lican members as on the Democratic
legislators has been brought to bear by
party leaders.
Washington. Aug. 0.--(By A. PD-
Pro- suffrage leaders at Nashville have
received pledges from enough legislator
to assure a majority in both the Scnat
and House of the Tennessee Legisla
ture, according to telegram to tn
headquarters here of the Nationa
Woman's party. The latest poll, takel
this morning. the message said. CAV,
the ratification forces a majority o
three in the House and one in th
Senate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
COX TWISTS FACTS,
SAYS c. 0.P. REPLY
So, 400, 900, 900 Saved by Re-
publican Congress, Asserts
Harding's Headquarters
LEAGUE POSITION AsSAILED

Marion, o., Aug. 9.--Assailing Gov
ernor Cox's speech Of acceptance as "a
curious mixture Of errors and misstate =
ments," Senator Harding's headquar =
ters replied at length in an official
statement last night to the governor
criticism of the record of the Republican
Congress on taxation. finances and the
League Of Nations.
The Republican party. the statement
said. is ready to join battle on the
question on whether "the Senate at
tempted to subvert and did subvert the
wish and purpose Of the American
neople in preventing ratification OF the
Presidents league"
Political conference with local Re
publican leaders from various parts OF
the country occupied most Of Senator
Harding's attention again today, al
though he began preliminary work be-
tween times on the speech he will dc
liver here Friday to members of the
Ohio Republican Editorial Association.
A delegation from the Society OF
American Indians was to have called
today. but the appointment was post
poned until tomorrow. The nominee
plans to make no formal. address to
them. Among those with whom he is
to confer tomorrow is Will II. Hays,
the national chairman.
Charges that the Republican Senate
and House had made no effort to re-
ducc war time tax burdens were dc.
scribed as "far from recorded fncts. y
and it was declared that by opposing
Democratic appropriation proposals the
present Congress had effected saving
Of $2.414 JIG, ,144 in government expcn :
ditures.
The statement also asserted that by
suggesting repeal Of consumption taxes
and enactment of blanket one and
one half per cent levy on the total
business of going concerns Governor
Cox had shown "that he has no pro-
gram whatever except to appeal for the
support Of people who want somebody
else to nay the taxes
Facts Distorted by Cox
"a leadership which would distort
these outstanding facts as Governor
Cox had done" it continued, twill
hardly command confidence when the
country turns attention to the problem
of our fiscal future"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
TooAWs MARRIAGE LICENSES

Ralph Gillian, 4gl Rising sun ave-, and
Mabel Callahan. 1915 y l3lh 81,
Samuel j. Burns, l5i y. Peach ST., and
Hattie HarWtow, Ardmure, Pa.
Edward J, Moerk 27h3 Jefferson st, and
Emma NJ. stark 1851 Park ave.
Helen e. Carroll GSI8 TULIP ST.
Glenn n. I.aidig. jeanette. Pa. and Rose
Evans. 2008 Diamond 81.
John q. Watson SOij Moro st. and Ethel
A. Rice, 1920 LOwden st.
William b. Alexander, l34g W. Pike st.
and Marie Geimeier. 1924 =. 18th st.
Howard o. Horner WRyncsborO, Pa, End
Ruth Zeller, Gl9 y. iIth ri.
Edward SaVin. $50 v Bringhurst st, snC
Margaret Joyce. 2S9 Z. Bringhurst IT.
Richard y; Johnson, 1897 GamT6rdse st..
Hertha NJ Galy, 4333 y. Reese ST.
Maurice A. Lityn, 8Oi7 Cumberland st..
ana Miriam Il. Comroc, 3l90 FontRine ~
Ethel NJ. Constlen, Boston. Mass.
g. grifnth MOttgiHs, Soud9rtOn Pa, anc
Emily r. KneUnel Line Lexington. Pa
Alfred h. Mann, 2li4 n, Tth st. and Emile
Manz, 2l44 n, 7th ST,
osorEs A. Waddlngton, Providence, X. I
and Mary V. Davenport, Huntington
A r.ssr S tts~foTd HSfnS 1859 1859 \ Mole %S st. st.
John Webster. seI ~ Front st.. and Ella
lewis, sTs y. Darien st.
ofiaman q. Hugo, Jr,, 3l2 r. Ridley ave.
oss1s, W' west, 552s Hsdheld ST.. snc
ids AZ. Dudsnbeck, 83t0 ursys ave.
Z Sarah Lsu4 ssl Wood 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
so SAIL LORS ARE HELD
IN RIOT WITH POLICE
Fifty Persons Injured, Three
Seriously, by Missiles During
Fight at Revere, Mass.

Revere. Mass. Aug. 9.-tRy a. PD
Law and order again reigned at Re
vrrc Beach today. Tho military and
police patrollcd the beach to prevent n
repetition Of thp rioting that occurred
last night when several hundred sailors,
10 o-cnforrcd by few civilians, attacked
and bcscigcd the station house of the
Metropolitan Park police, and troops
were called out.
Fifty persons were injured, at least
ehrcc seriously, Many persons who
made up the crowd Of Sunday pleasure
seekers. estimated at 100000, were
bruised by thrown missiles. Although
nearly sixty sailors were arrested the
police said all but six would be released
Those held were charged with inctng
to riot.
The battle was prcciptatcd when
sailors attacked policeman who had
arrested one Of their companions on
charge Of drunkenness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
sHRINERs PLAN CONVENTION
officers Meet at Atlantic City to
Select Quarters

Atlantic City, Aug. v.-OMcers o.
the Imperial Divan Of the Ancient Ara
bian Order of the Mobiles OF the mystic
Shrine with resouDding titles are gath
ering here today with Imperial Poten
tate Garrettson to select imperial head
quarters and make other ARRANGEMENTS
Tor the annual convocation Of the Shrine
TO be held in Atlantic City on June Z,
Z and q Of next year. Past Imperia
potentate Freeland Kendrick is In the
party. together with Potentate Charles
q, Bair, of Lu Lu Temple, and the
heads Of temples in Trenton, Newark
and Reading.
The latter are to be the ''host tenn
plcs" to the imperial meeting. which
is expected to bring $4,000 Shriner'
across the burning sands Of Jersey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
JUTLAND RELICS ARRIVE
German Ships That Figured in His
torie Battle Reach New York

New York. Aug. 0.-(By y. Pl-
Five battered former German warships
which were awarded to the United
States under the terms OF peace ar
rangements were off this port carly to-
day.
They will be anchored in the Hud-
son river during the day and the public
will be allowed to inspect them for two
weeks. The craft will be sent to other
cities along the Atlanti" scaboard with
in the next few weeks and then de-
stroyed.
The vessels are the battlrrhip Os-
trtedland cruiser Frankfurt and three
destroyers. All figured in the naval
history written at Jutland and Scapa
Flow.
Aboard the United States transport
Hancock. towing four of the German
craft, were bodies of seventy five Amer
lean marines and soldiers who died in
hospitals abroad. The bodies, taken
aboard at Brest. will be shipped to rel.
atives or naval cemeteries.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Companies Increase Stock

Harrisburg, Aug. 9.--NoticcS of in =
crcas" in stock have been filed by these
building and loan associations Shcr
man. Philadelphia, 81 200. 900 to So.
600 900; Third Fairhill, Philadelphia.
81 600. 900 to 81. 900 900; Improved
Philadelphia. 81 900 900 to 81 Zoo 900
passayunk. Philadelphia. 81 600. 900 to
$1,000, 900; German Fairhil!. No. Q
Philadelphia, 81 ,000. 900 to $1,000. 900
Nonparlcl Philadelphia, 81 900 900 tc
$1,000 900; Imperial. Philadelphia
81 900, 900 to $1,000 .000 Woodland
Philadelphia, 81 900 900 to 'S3, 900, 900
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
DEATHS

DEATHS
ALLEN.--On August 8 1920. THOMAS,
husband OF Mary f. Allen, aged 30 years.
Relatives ana friends, ."mpov"S "r j. -.
Van Solver, invited TO funeral services on
Wtcdnesday, at p. m. Residenco, SI:3
Malcolm St lnterment priYStc, Mount
Morish Cem1tcry Viewing TursIa} "'r.
ming
McCAULEY.-- West Chester. Pa, on
7th inst, Major LEVI @. McCAULEY, n
his SD year. Relatives and friends invited
10 tancral services. on Tuesday. y. NJ,
residence, cor, OF Church and Chestnut SIS
Int. Oakland Gem.
MALLOY.-on August !, 1920. EDWARD
MALLoY. Relatives and friends invited 20
funeral. on Wedno sday morning. a. h3o
o'clock, from thc r"s'd"rr" of his h,nt. O.
John Malloy, 20s Chestnut ave. Ardmore.
Pa. Solemn requiem mass at 81 tClmtns
Church. at 10 a. m. Intermcnt st, pch's
Cemetery.
WITTEBoLLE. On August s. la;o Eo
EMIL j., husband Of Marie G. Wtuchollc;
aged a. ears Relatives and friends ana
~ organisations invited to fun"rsi on
dence. 1882 Atlantic ave, Camden y y
High mass at tho Church of Sacred ncarL' ittSry
Friends may call on Wednesday evening
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
HAVE FAITH IN P0NZl
Four Would-Be Investors Await
Opening Of "Wlzard's" Office

Boston. Aug. 0.-(By A. PD-Four
men. apparently anxious to invest, were
waiting when the Office of Charles Pom =
zi's Securities Exchange Co.. which is
under investigation by federal and state
authorities. opened today. They said
they were interested in the proposed
new concern which Ponz had ann0unc-
cd would be launched soon under the
name of the Charles Ponzi Co.
They were told that tho new firm,
was not yet accepting money. but they
were permitted to leave their names and
addresses.
Only few persons called to cash
notes Of the Securities Exchange Co.
most Of them being notehoders who hat
waited for the expiration of forty five
days. so that they might receive thu
promised 80 per cent interest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
BELIEVE BANKER ROBBED
Relatives Arrive In New York to At
tend Autopsy

New York. Aug. 9.-CBy A. P.)-
Relatives and business associates of T.
ID. Grim. banker and department stor,
owner of rhilippi, W. Va, who dicG
IN hospital hero yesterday Under sus-
piciouS circumstances. arrived here to
day for an autopsy to be held this af
tcrnoon,
Mr.. Grim was found sprawled or
the floor in a rooming house. He ap.
parcntly had been drugged and death
was believed to have been caused by
al overdose. Friends Of tho banker
who said he usually carried with him
large sums of money expressed the opin
ion that he had been robbed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
HANGS SELF WITH TROUSERS
lunatic Uses Novel Method to End
llfo In Asylum

lmprovising a moose with a pair Of
trousers. John G. Henderson. thirty.
eight years old, formerly of Philadrl-
phia. hanged himself carly this morn =
ing in the Norristown Hospital for the
Insane.
Mr.. Henderson had been an inmate
Of the hospital eight years. He had
been isolated because of violence
Just before dawn this morning he
stood his iron cot on end. tied himself
to it by means of his trousers, and
straugled TO death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
BOY SCOUTS FIND BODY
N. J. Farmer, Missing Since Thurs
day, Had Shot Himself

Bridgeton. y. j.. Aug. 0.-The body
Of Harmanis TIitchner. Cedarvile
farmer who disappeared from his home
on Thursday, was found on Saturday
night by Boy Scouts who had been
searching for him all day.
1t was in n woods 40 yards from his
home. He had removed one shoe and
pulled the trigger of the gun with his
toes, placing the gun close TO his head.
He had been detected for some time.
and since selling his farm had worried
greatly, declaring that he had no place
to go.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Drowned While SWlmmlna

West Chester. Pa. Aug. 0.--~Charles
Long. aged twenty three, of Whining.
ten, Del, met death yesterday afternoon
while swimming in the Brandywine
near Lcnape, Pa, whore he was II
member of camping party. After he
had dvcd from bank he was missed
by his companions and found uncon.
SriouS in six feet of water. pumoter
was used for two hours. but without
result. Death is believed to have been
caused by heart failure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
DENVER STRIKE ENDS
Men Vote to Return to Work With.
out Conditions

Denver. Aug. 9.-(Ry a. P.D-The
executive committee of the Tramway
Workers. Union ut meeting today ap-
pointed committee Of three to call
upon Frederick W. Child. general man =
agcr of the tramway. and inform him
the striking trainmcn would go back to
work. Henry Silberg. president of the
union, said there were no restrictions.
The executive committee abandoned
its previous position that the men would
90 back only If they werc permitted
to return in body and the strike
breakers were discharged
Virtually every street car line in the
city is in operation. manned by strike
breakers. The cars, in most cases. have
no military guard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Considers Plant Nuisance

City Solicitor Smyth has applied, to
Court of Common Pleas Court No.
for an injunction to restrain the present
method of operation at Louis Porter !
Third street, on theg round that II pro
duces "noxious and distressing gases
and odors which are deleterious to thu
health of the neighborhood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Claim Against Plane Is Paid

Atlantic City. Aug. 0,-A check for
81 l02, representing the amount of a
claim held by Charles II. Raub, a con.
tracing engineer of Philadelphia, at
last had effected the release Of $40 .
600 flying cruiser owned by the United
States Aerial Mail Co, which has
been a captive here for two DAYS. an.
chored by judgment writ in the hand.
Of bailiff. The craft left for Detroit
as soon as the bailiff announced he was
satisfied,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
a15,ess at Pools Last Week

The small boy was the best patron
OF the public bathhouses for the week
ending last Saturday. Attendance tig-
ures compiled by those in charge Of the
thirty swimming centers show that
215 1888 persons used the pools: Ot
this number 128.287 were boys, 39,020
men, IL. .574 women aud SO, 1853 girls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Here's How the CoughlinS
Pronounce Family Name

The Coughlns pronounced their
name Cough-lin the first five
letters being sounded precisely like
the word cough. Mr.. Coughlin,
father of missing Blnkely. is au-
thority for this pronunciation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Leaves $4,000 Estate

The will of Ella +. Samuel $50
East Gowen avenue, admitted to pro-
bate today, leaves an estate Of $4,000.
leaves property valued at $40 900. These
inventories were filed: Fred IIacffncr,
S13 ,38S.77; Mary A. Dolan, $32T2 SO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Brideeton Strong Man'PuIIs EnoI,.

Bridgeton, n. j., Aug. &C. Frank
Dilks, Bridgeton's iron jawed'' man. !"
has pulled the new fire engine inst
purchased by the city, by means of his
teeth, The apparatus weighs seven and
a half tons, but Dilks trotted along
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Hlah Surf Delays Amundsen

Nome, Alaska. Aug. 0.-Wind and
high surf yesterday prevented Cap
tain Road Amundsen getting away on
his effort to reach the North Pole.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-23

Fiscal Agents Cities Service Company.
G0.wau Street, New York.
Dated November II. 1920.