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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
1000 MOTORISTS !.
IN Pike PARADE.
viii Celebrate Opening Road to
Vest Chester 10 Traffic
Free ~ Tolls .,
MAYOR TO PARTICIPATE

More than 100 motorists, headed by
Mayor Moore and J. Borton Weeks,
president Of the Keystone Automobile
Club, will parade over the West Chester
pike this afternoon, formally opening II
to traffic.
Distributed in the long line Of spick
and span automobiles will be models
depicting the progress which has been
made in vehicular traffic in the last
half century.
Picturesque floats, mounted on motor
trucks, will present scenes and incidents
In the historic development Of the
famous old pike, recently freed Of toll
and the larger part of which was once
the Strasburg road.
Built Of concrete. the highway
stretches out from Philadelphia to West
Chester as constant invitation to
motorists. 1t enters this city BY way
Of Newtown Square, Llanerch and
Upper Darby. and is by three niles the
shortest route between West Chester
and this city.
This afternoons parade will form at
the Green Tree Club at West Chester
Mt 2 o'clock. Proceeding over the pike.
the procession will be joinef by O. band
Mt Sixty third and Market streets.
With the band blaring the announce
ment that the pike Is formally opened,
the parade will then proceed down
Chestnut street to Broad. Turning
north on Broad street, the motorists will
continue to Girard avenue, to Loncas aster
avenue, to Fifty second street. to Wal
nut street, to Sixty third street, to
Market street, thence back over the pike
to West Chester.
City officials of West Chester and
Philadelphia fnd members of the Key
stone Automobile Club Will attend n
dinner to be given in honor of the
formal opening of the pike this evening
in West Chester. Mayor Moore and
Mr.. Weeks will be among the speakers
The publicity committee Of the West
Chester Board of Trade, the Keystone
Automobile Club and other organizations
have joined in arranging the ceremonies.
Thousands of road maps will be dis
tributed to acquaint motorists with the
new route.
Later il is expected that much traf-
fic now using the Lincoln Highway
will be diverted to the West Chester
pike.
Among the men who participated in
plans looking to today's celebration are
Herbert p. Worth, president of the
West Chester Board Of Trade Albert
G. Whitcraft, president Of the West
Chester Rotary Club. and Fred j.
Wohl, chairman of the West Chester
Board of Trades parade committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
HEARING ON SOLDIER FARES
Mayor win Get Opinions on "6ud.
die Week" Ordinance

A public hearing will be held in the
Mayors reception room on the second
floor of City Hall this afternoon on
the ordinance providing for ap-
preparations for the former members
of the Seventy ninth Division, Society
of the Fifth Division and the Philadel =
phia Autumn Fair and Negro Exhibit
Association.
The measure authorizes S250O to pay
the train fare of Philadelphia veterans
of the Seventy ninth Division to and
from Baltimore, where the divisional
reunion will be held during the first
week in September, in con junction with
'Buddie Week" $4,000 to defray the
expenses of the annual reunion of THE
Society Of the Fifth Division, TO be
held in this city September 10 to II, and
similar sum to assist Negro citizens
In promoting fair to be held in the
Commercial Museum in October. This
fair is to be the first of series ar
ranged for the purpose of making posi- :
pie suitable exhibit by the colorcd
people Of the world at the Sesquicenten
nial celebration in the city in 1926.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
Richard Campion ~

Richard Campion. prominent manu-
fscturer and member of the Union
League, il seriously i'll at the home Of
his daughter. Mrs. James II. Emack
G374 Lancaster avenue. He IL seventy
nine years old. Mr.. Campion was
formerly president of the New Jersey
Society and is member of the Board
nf Directors of the Fire Association.
He Is an an expert on tariff matters
and has several times been called upon
to serve the Government in an advisory
capacity in tariff problems
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
BOB F0lWELL TAKES JOB
AS new JERSEY DRY AGENT
Former v. Of p. Football Coach Ia
Fight Rum Without Paw

S'"e' W. " =. FootpaIi Coach tc
Fight Rum Without Pay
Bob Folwell, former All American
tullback and coach Of the University oi
PENNSYLVANIA team, is sure -enougf
prohibition agent.
lie has been sworn in as q New Ter
sey dry. enforcement man, and an :
nounces he will serve without pay.
Charles II. Brown. head of the dry
agents, with headquarters at Newark
says Bob will be his right hand man.
Folwell made the University of Penn
sylvania varsity football team all the
four years he attended the college,
starting in 1904. In 1907 he was All
American fullback and captain of his
team. Later he became coach of the
University of Pennsylvania squad, and
remained ms such until 1920, when he
took his present position at the Naval
Academy. He will continue as coach
there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
MAY DIVIDE UPPER DARBY
Residents Of Lower Part Want sspa.
rate township

:. Residents of the slower section OF
Upper Darby have started a movement
to have the township divided. The new
section. might be called Lower Darby
Township.
This process of division Is made
necessary from time TO time owing to
the rapid growth of the section. Darby
mas already been divided a number of
Vines. owing 10 increase in population
and growing Importance ~ the various
,ection. A petition for rhe division OF
Upper Dsroy is now being prepared for
presentation TO the courts,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
TheodoSe Quentin

Theodore Quentin, of 1717 West
Passyunk avenue, retired policeman
died on Monday of paralysis after a
FIVE weeks illness He was stationed
at Eighth and Market streets for twenty
years while on the police force. He re-
signed from the force in 1904 and was
placed' on the pension list.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
WANTED-A CHANCE

70 Drove ia an organization that
sales can be made NOW. The adver
t'ser oncrs n thorouah 40 'es training
principle In the drug field coupled
with ability TO inject enthusiasm In
both his selling effort and the sales
men working with. not for him. "a:
married; college trained and now
employed. Credentials as TO char
n"ter nUh past qrIcCesses will hest
demonstrate ability. want a
"Lanc" 10 talk with some executive
whose business needs reyltalizinR
6l". LEDGER OFFICE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
Hold.Up Suspect Arrested

EDWARD bradley, seventeen years old,
of 5342 Alfred street, Germantown,
was arrested last night on suspicion Of
being one Of the two men who late Sun
day night shot and seriously injured
John A. Wood. f 81 East Bringhurst
street. in an attempted hold up. At the
Germantown Hospital. Wood was un
able to identify Bradley positively. He
was held without bail today after de-
claring himself innocent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
Deaths of a Day
WILLIAM C. GAMBLE
Death Claims Chicago Bachelor
Noted for Practical Jokes

Chicago, Aug. "a. - William 9.
Billy" Gamble. sixty one years old +,
one of the best known bachelors in
Chicago. who won fame among friends
in the Casino. University. Haddle and
Cycle and Chicago Golf clubs as prac-
tical joker, died yesterday. He orig
mated the butchers and bakers ball, -
burlesquing the annual bachelors and
bcnedicts dance: and amused with his
widows and Widowers' !" parties. lie
also launched the 'society farce publ
cation. Almanach de Gotha Street" de-
voted to Gold Coast celebrities Of the
North Side Gotha street neighborhood.
At the time Of the coronation of King
Edward he caused furore by sending
elaborately engraved invitations to the
ceremony to selected list of friends,
to the deep chagrin of those who were
omitted.
His latest stunt was the "Humdrum
Club bridge playing group Of
bachelor friends whom he fed at their
weekly meetings on lettuce. radishes and
green onions raised in window boxes at
his bachelor apartment. Burial will be
in Louisville, the family home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
FINE" MILL WAR OVER
Victims Of Justice Of Peace Yerkes
Allowed Appeals

p The war is over" Robert w.
heatty, counsel for the Keystone Au.
.omobile Club said today. regarding the
recent arrests of members Of the club
u me Nlillbonrne fine" mill run by
~ Martin Yerkes. Justice of the Peace
SL S Mllloourne, and Constable Joseph
Sapp, of Delaware County.
Last week Yerkes caught twenty
I1nr @ motorists in speed trap, on the
Mest Chester pike and fined them
Sl4 20 each.
yesterday attorneys for the auto club
ssppeared before Judge johnson. in Me-
ala quarter Sessions Court, and made
sppeals from the decisions handed down
oy the timing squire" The appeals
were allowed and the cases of the mo
wrlSts will be tried before a jury and
'he merits of each case will be tested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
Sent to Jail on pruo. charoe

Before Judge Crane. in the criminal
division of the Municipal Court today
John Ricci pleaded guilty to having
drugs illegally in his possession and to
carrying concealed pistol. and was
sentenced to six months in the county
prison. He was arrested at Ninth and
Callowhill streets by Detectives Eisel-
man and Walsh, of the Central Station
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24

who will number about fifteen, are
planning to take number OF these home
with them.
Were some one uninitiated in the
work being done here to wander onto
The drill ground these days he woulu ne
startled at the noises which he would
hear before he gets to see the men In
training. for the officers are now in
structing the men in the rudments OF
handling the bayonet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
Town Marks Centennial

Pleasantville. Pa, Aug. 25.-(By A.
P.)-This Venango County town, once
the center of the oil industry of Penn
sylvania, opened today Il centennial eel
ebration of its first settlement. 1t will
continue tomorrow and Friday. Many
survivors of the old rush day period are
here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
Rees /. Jones, Funeral

Rees Lockwood Jones, son of Mrs,
Samuel Howell Jones, of Chestnut
Hill. who died on Sunday at the sum
mer home of his mother in Kennebunk
port. Me, will be. buried this morning
in Woodlands Cemetery. Funeral
services were conducted in Kennebuuk-
port yesterday.
Mr.. Jones, who was twenty nine
years old, married Miss Katharine G.
Newbold, daughter of the late DR..
Henry A. Newbold and Mrs. Newbold,
Of 2210 St. James place, this city, ten
months ago. .,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
81 Dead; $50 Hurt
in Storm Area

MEMPHIS. Tenn. April 1S.-
Ninety.seven deaths and l5o injuries
was the total toll. compiled today.
OF the storms Friday and Sunday
In Tennessee, Alabama. Mississippi.
Arkansas and Texas.
TExARKANA. AK, April is.-
Relief work In the Texas.Arkansas
tornado area was well under way to-
day. with the Red Cross and Ameri-
can Legionnaircs taking a leading
part.
Weeks will be necessary 20 com
pletely clear the debris In some areas.
incluflng Hampstead county, Arkan.
sas, where nearly two score whites
and negroes were reported dead and
other scores injured. Much work also
remains TO be done in Miller county,
where rs are dead and scores injured.
Burial OF the dead was practically
completed today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
Page One,
3.
nlintera

Blisters-
Canoeing yesterday.
Mur.rr.ky overhead today.
Tha, frisky feelin'-steam roller
skids.
For sale: 500. 900 rba oysters. state
fisheries board.
Y. w. c. A. finds homes for ssi
girls last month.
Makes the life lees hard. Drill pay
for i4sth r. A. received.
Housewarming for new ss,5. 900
jam plant. Puyallup. this week.
Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday club cioaed for
season with program Sunday after.
noon.
Lcathernecks get new chief. Mai
J. G. Regan. in charge marine re-
cruiting.
Amos Hiatt elected president busi.
ness administration council by u.
( students.
To tour Japan; Miss Adcila NJ.
Parker. professor economics. Broad.
way high.
q. A. X. wants action on Sand
Point air base site. Sends resolution
TO congress.
Municipal league 10 hear Carl r.
Magnusson. dean engineering. U. OF
w. Tuesday.
Straw hats In evidence Sunday.
But better keep the old umbrella
| parked handy.
No breakfast for someone. 70.
lice find gas stove at Fifth ave.
and Denny way.
Chief w. II. Soaring recommends
police matrons be on job In all
| public dance halls.
| Ninety bottles OF Scotch In West
Seattle cottage. u. Larson and NJ.
Anderson arrested.
Smash. Bang! F'izzi Street car
hits chemical truck Monday at Sec.
ond ave. and Lcnora st.
Attention, Los Angeles! Plans
under way for si.000.0o worth of
new buildings In Seattle.
| Prof. Clarke BIssett. u. Of w. 10
address Custer camp. Sons OF yeter.
ans. armory. Tuesday night.
| outSioe cofnpeuIon Tor DSncrmen,
Pacific Northwest association has
! queries from Eastern states and Eng.
land.
DIR. Russell r. Thrapp, pastor First
Christian church. says Edison can
never invent machine 10 talk with
dead.
| Address on Gen. u. s. Grant" by
J. w. Stauffer. Young Mems Repub-
lican club. Thursday noon. Wolfs
cafeteria.
Repairs at Third and Pike complet.
cd Madrona, Mt. Baker, card ave. E.
Madison and Il. Cherry cars resume
old routing.
Wellesley grads plan ovation for
Zella Russell. who plays In The
Sweetheart shop" at the Metropoli.
tan Tuesday evening
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
Engineer Will Speak
to Municipal League

Carl r.. Magnusson, recently ap-
pointed dean Of the University OF
Washington engineering school. will
address the Municipal league Tues
day noon, at Blanc's cafe. on the sub
tefc OF Trunk Transmission Lines
and Water Power Development In
the Puget Sound District"
A special invitation is extended to
the engineering profession TO attend
the meeting, which is also to the gen
eral ptibiic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
Woman Autoist Is
Killed by Train

After stopping her automobile
while n Great Northern train went
by at Thomas. four miles north Of
Kent. Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Sarnh
Lewis. ~. proprictress OF the ST.
Elmo Hotel at Auburn. drove al.
rectly In front OF a Northern Pa
cifio flyer on another track and
received injuries Of which abe died
half an hour later,
She was alone when the accident
happened. Her automobile was do
molishcd. Death occurred shortly
after she had been rushed TO the
Taylor Lacy hospital at Kent.
All her relatives live I'm California
She had no children. Her hotel has
been used as headquarters By rail.
road men.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
JAPS HURI.
Def TO US.
Fiue Notes in
Japan Dispute
Are Published

WASHINGTON. Aprii is-Ths
state department today made
public correspondence between
tho United states and Japan rela.
tive TO tho iatt-r's mandate over
the island OF zap.
The correzpondence consisted
OF fiv. notes. totailng 20 type
written pages. IN follows;
November .. Secretary
Of State Colby sent a note TO ia
pan. setting forth the American
governments contention that
zap should be internationaliEed
as cable landing station. lie
declared that on four occassons Ia
isig--Aprii q. April 20. May /
and May s--prcsident Wilson and
Secretary OF State Lansing
served notice to the supreme
council that the island should not
be included In the Pacific territory
to b. awarded 10 Japan AZ q man.
datory.
November ie--Japan denied
the American claims and declared
II would not consent 10 'revers.
Ing tho decision Of the supreme
council alleged 10 have been
made on Afsy1.
poc~mbcr s---Aeting Secretary
Of STATE Davis set mp arguments
to sustain the American position.
February 20. fszf-Thc Japa-
nose government. In q tone bor-
dering on sarcaEn. answered
questions In the American gov.
ernment's arguments. and relser.
ated ia stand thai /, would not
agree 70 revocation OF mandate.
April s--Secretary OF state
Hughes informed Japan that the
United States must have a voice
In disposal Of the former German
colonies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
No Motive Shown,
Says Prosecute

TACOMA. April iS.-Prosccut1n0
Attorney ]. w. Selden announced -
day that he would take no furtheD
action whatever in the prosecut1oo
OF Capt. Rosenbluth and formeo
Sergt- Roland X. Pothier. chargo1
with the murder OF Maj Alexandeo
Cronkhite. until he has received -
ditionai data from the federal ~
thorities.
From the evidence now on hama
Including the purported confes1to0
OF Pothier. there Is absolutely notn
ing TO show a real motive for the -
legged murder OF the army offioQ
Selden said
Anyone reading the confesg1ou
may judge for himself" said Selden
Selden intimated that the evidence
so far gathered has fallen fiat 90 fA1
as warranting a first degree murden
prosecution Is concerned.
Pothier is alleged to have confesDe0
Capt. Rosenbluth approached M
four or five days before the shooting
"On the next day or next morning
he came TO me again and asked me
II l remembered what he had said
TO me about firing a pistol. !
answered, Yes He then asked me
IL had any idea what II was for.
and l answered, No He then said.
4 want to get Major Cronkhite.' ]
asked what he meant. and he said,
4 want to kill him.
II asked him what his reasons
were, and he said. Because we want
to get him out OF the way
"Rosenbluth said he had looked
over the maps and found a good locA,
ton for the killing. He said when
we got to the right place he would
tell me.
"'Be sure he said. that you hit
him in a good place. so he won't have
"A chance to say anything Pointing
to a spot even with his heart he
said. 1T wouldn't be a bad idea ia
get him about here
"He said he would be somcwhere
around when the shot was fired and
would yell for doctor and say the
major had shot himself accidentally
while practicing with his revolver. I
wasn't to say anything. unless asked.
II joined Major Cronkhite on the
maneuver grounds. and when about
two feet from him loaded my revol-
yer with three shells. l fired one
shot into the open field. and as the
major was turning around In my
direction l fired my second shot at
him. hitting him in the right breast.
sAa CropLhita fall I heard auotbQp
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
Inn CUNMAN
SAYS GUILTY
Man Wounded by Intended
Victim Admits Charge

Tacoma when he commanded the lat
ter TO hold up his hands at the Mo.
tor Inn early in the morning OF
Jan. Is. pleaded guilty to attempted
robbery before Judge Walter NJ.
French Monday morning.
Ie had been placed ON trial with
MS brother. Robert Smith. who con
tinued his plea OF NOT guilty and
allowed tho case 20 proceed. Sen
tence was deferred pending the out.
come OF the brothers trial
Toy a. Miller. said 20 have been
implicated In the attempted robbery
who was recently caught when his
whereabouts had been determined
after n letter to bis sweetheart In
England had been intercepted. has
not yet been brought TO trial
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
ny RUTH r. M0ULTON


MY CHOICE PEEvEy Getting up
Az at sis mcrnings-weck after
week--ycar after year.
IN admit II L. no; quite 80 peeving
at this season OF the yesr--after one
Is up-for Il ls daylight. and Lake
Washington and the Cascades are
never more beautiful than at sunrise,
And At Rainier-no wonder the
Indians worshipcd IL But In the
winter-starting out In the dark
and the rain--oftcn so.miic wind
50 as to be at the office al land for
what7
To help get out n paper at ? O'Clock
that wouId be far more interesting
az II.
Why the hurry 10 announce AN.
ether BootIegger Escapes" or "Big
Mall Robbery In the East'f Yet over
half hundred unfortunaies must
miss their morning sleep on account
Of II. There's another edition at 10.
anyway. Let the readers walt for
that
Then. too. being neither n Napoleon
nor an Edison. should have eight
hours sleep. You can figure for
yourselves what nice long evenings
are left for concerts. lectures and the
Ike.
Oh. yes: i,'s gay life. II arm al
lowed to choose. during my next stay
upon the earth I'm going 10 be a
banker--or perhaps not work at all.
But for the present--tho this pro.
test may bring no change In office
-bours--I shall continue squoting from
article by Or. f. J. Brown ITO 80
% work to get the money to &c, the
food to get the strength to go to
work." etc. etc. etc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
auto TIPS;
| KILLED,5
BADLY HURT
Turns Complete Somersault
on Highway; Injured
viii Recover

One man was killed and five other
passengers were injured when an au.
totnobilr turned turtle Sunday even.
inr. on the North Trunk highway.
about five miles from Ednonda. The
car was coming toward Seattle. and
the accident occurred on a straight
piece OF road.
Lawrence Murphy. n. grocer. ssis
Laiona ave. died as he was being
rushed 20 the hospital
The injured arv:
f~wls Hur~ltx. driver ~ the car.
1880 Eighth ave.
Mira Lawrence Murphy. ssfs La
sona ava. psohabis Internal injuries;
broken collar bona.
Miss Anna Hurwitx. sos isth ave.
body bruises. cuts and shock.
Miss Sylvia Berman. 3o5 18Th ave.
Miss Ccnevi~ve Hnrwitx. SOS 18th
ave. bruises and shock.
All OF the injured win recover. hcs-
pitai authorities declared Monday.
Lewip Hurwitx was conscious Mon.
day. lie IL at the Lakeside hospital.
where IL was said his skull was not
fractured. nn was first reported.
At tho Virginia Mason hospital II
was indicated that the injured wcm-
en- would probably be sent home this
evening. They were severely bruised
and cut. but are out Of danger.
The only member OF the party who
esscaped unhurt was Mrs. Ted smith.
OF Honolulu. dausht9 OF Mrs. Muir.
ply. who was shot from the machine
but was hardly bruised.
Tho Misses Hurwitx are nicces OF
lewis Hurwitz.
Witnesses Of the accident declared
that the car xiTzarTcd at the bottom
OF Hill and turned over. end for end.
II In believed that the car skidded
when tho emergency brake was
locked suddenly
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-18
ANOTHER
PROBE OF
Death IS
ORDERED!
Capt. RosenbIuth's Lawyer
Charges Attempts to In
fIuence Witnesses

NEW YORK. April ia neu
Investigation Of the death Of MAJ
Alexander y. Cronkhite and suboo
quent arrests have been ordered b.
Attorney General Daugherty At the
request Of Uoited States Senat0o
Calder. II was announced here today
by counsel for former Captain Rob
ert Rosenbluth. charged with instb
eating the killing Of cronkhite-
According TO Jonah J. GoidsteiA
attorney for Rosenbluth. the situs
ton has a parallel In the famous
Dreyfus case in France. The Law
yer contends that government IN
vestIgators have attempted TO in
fiuence witnesses and censor stats
ments favorable to Rosenbiuth u
order to strengthen the case againm
him
Capt Rosenbluth brands q hl1o
the statement Of Sergt RolAn1
Pothier that the killing was done q
carry out Roscnbluth's orderA h
said:
-He killed himself accidentally. Il
my opinion The autopsy proved
that / was standing nine feet awAy
and did not see how II happened
Apparently, Mai. Cronkhite ~
shooting at = tobacco can. rwa1ke6
up ss tbs third shot and he aid. q
got Il. Rosy He fired four shot2
Every time he fired he brought u
pistol back with the hammersjdo -
vcrsed. Ny eyes were off him for -
instant Tho fourth shot wa 0Foo
and he said. My God. I'm shot
Rosenbluth said his arrest -
due 10 bungiing department Of ~
tice agents. who had TO arrest oomo
body or lose their Jobs.
Senator Calder and Herbert HooU
er have asked the attorney gs00u
to make an investigation. thoeoly.
III Rosenbluth is guilty he ougA
to bc punished" said the seqotoo
IF innocent the department Of JuD
tice should let the world know Of IT.