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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-08
MAIL TRUCK
IS Held Up
BY BANDITS
Four Men i'm Autos Get Several
Registered Pouches at
Cincinnati.
HANDCUFF DRIVERS.
TO STEERING WHEEL
Washington Authorities Inves-
tigating Robbery on Wed
nesday at Chicago
tRy The Associated Press.)

CINCINNATI, April -Four men in
an automobile tonight held up and
robbed United States post0fffce mail
truck near the West End station of
the Baltimore & Ohio railway here.
Several pouches of registered mail
were taken from the truck and carried
away by the robbers.
The truck was followed from the
railroad station by the automobile. On
reaching an alley, two of the bandits
boarded the truck, handcuffed the two
postofhce drivers to the steering wheel
and took the mail bags.
Pedestrians, hearing the shouts of
the drivers, summoned the police but
no trace of the robbers could be found.
1t was impossible tonight to ascer-
tain the amount of loot taken.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-08
Investigating Robbery at Chicago.

investigating roppeFy at SntcaSO.
CHICAGO, April Especial investi-
gators sent from Washington in con-
nection with the theft yesterday at
the Dearborn station of mail pouches
containing cash and securities believed
to total more than 100000, tonight
were proceeding on the theory that
the robbery had been carried out by
national gang of mail thieves who
obtained advance information of money
shipments from postal employees.
The investigators We're convinced
that yesterdays theft was an inside
job" because of the fact that the rob-
bers sorted a number of sacks on a
mail truck in the station and selected
only those which contained valuables.
The same procedure was carried out
today in another robbery at Sullivan,
Ind, once the nome Of Postmaster
General Will H. Hays, the robbers Sc
lecting the sacks containing money,
although there was nothing on the
pouches to indicate that they con-
tanned other than ordinary mail. A
score of persons were arrested today
in connection with the robbery here,
but most of them were released.
An abandoned mail sack found by
the police early today and believed to
be the registered pouch stolen by ban
dts from a mail truck late yesterday
contained wrappers for money, which
the police said showed that from $500,
900 to $750,000 was obtained by the
1t was reported last night
that the loss would not exceed $4,000.
The abandoned pouch contained
wrappers indicating a shipment of one
package of 1000 in 81 bills, a pack
age holding $4,000 in currency in an
other containing $1,000 bills and five
large sacks consigned to branches of
the federal reserve bank, each sack
five smaller bags, which, in
turn, held currency of large denomina-
ton.
The robbery took place at the Dear
born Street station in the business
quarter.
Bystanders said that the robbery
was committed in less than two min
utes. SO sudden was the assault on
the mail truck that many conflicting
stories were given to the police by
According to one account the robbers
had played baseball all afternoon in
a lot adjoining the station where the
hold-up occurred.
Other witnesses said the robbers
rushed up to the mail truck in an au-
tomobile just as it was preparing to-
unload.
The four bandits held up dozen
mail clerks and several bandits at the
point of pistols, demanding that the
registered mail pouch be thrown out
of the truck. One of the robbers, de-
scribed as a huge man weighing more
than 200 pounds, grasped the sack
with one hand and carried it to a car
across the street.
The other mail pouches were then
taken. the bandits escaping in the au-
tombfle. Only one shot was fired, wit
nesses agreeing that one of the bandits
shot at a companion before recognizing
him. Whether the bullet took effect
was not known.
AS the bandits machine turned the
first corner, a policeman fired two
shots at the car without effect.
Today the police found the three
mail pouches, ripped open and their
contents missing, in vacant lot.
Wrappers in the registered pouch gave
the first indication that large amount
had been obtained.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-08

das Highest. ~ Lowest Lowest ..''.--..s4
Mean same date last year.
Accumulated excess this year to date 256
Highest of record for April .....92 90
Lowest of record for April. 81
Rainfall
For "a hours ending p.m.......... 0
Total for this month 70 p.m..0.1s
Normal for April .................3.I
Accumulated deficiency this year to
Humidity
am. ....94 IL noon....T pm..7S
Barometer
am. ......30.L3 4 pm. ......30.os
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-08
U. S. WEATHER REPORT

Sunrise $50 \ m
sunset 6:12 pm.
Moonrise 5:36 am
Moonset e:44 nm
Next phase of the
moon, new moon
April s.
High tide 9:33 am.
Low tide 1924 pm
YESTERDAYS
NAEE
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-08
HELPING PENSACOLA

Each day, In this space, The Journal
Will give condensed history of one Of
the leading business firms Of the city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-08
Temperature

YES ERDaTS
"EATEE .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15

the wind came from the West, and the
drift was to Passyunk avenue. In this
direction there was a large bare space
to cover to the Philadelphia gas works,
and three squares to the Philadelphia
section Of the Atlantic Refining Com
pany's works.
This was the most favorable circum-
stance Of the fight. and enabled the fire.
men to keep their efforts on the steam
still. and four lead lined '.agitators"
in which oil, varying from 1900 barrels
to 1000 barrels in quantity, is treated
In the refining process.
At about 4 80 O'Clock, however,
there was slight shift of the wind
toward the south, which carried the
lanes to five of the storage tanks, in
which refined oil, naptha- gasoline and
other finished products were stored.
Pressure had been reduced in them and
a constant drenching Of water foam"
and water administered, but nothing
was effective.
Leapins and licking their way in
treating point, the flames reached the
tanks. A series of dull explosions fol-
lowed, and the contents Of the reser-
voirs, whose capacity varied from 5000
to 5000 barrels, were added to the
general heat and noise of the con-
fiagration.
The smoke and the constant roaring
of the flames added to the glow, which
made the spot hideous, even from
vantage points number of blocks
away.
Since almost the first of the fire Off
cials Of the company were on the spot
assuming direction under the general
direction of Mr.. Irish, who from the
time he arrived at o'clock until there
seemed no chance that further danger
was TO be feared, refused to leave the
fire. Several times when he approached
particularly dangerous areas in his zeal
to protect both the property of the
company and the lives of its men he
was warned by others that he was risk
ing his own life.
Firemen were subjected to a baking
and broiling process no wood or other
material could create, as the flames from
the fuel flared and leaped in IN ap-
parently never ending blaze. When the
tanks, agitators and still seemed at
times to be coming within control there
was the separator, a cement lined pool
Of oil, about $50 feet wide, where the
fire leaped into renewed life with the
drainage from the ground and con-
duits.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
F|REMEN OPPOSE D
PAID Department.
Wilmington Company win IL.
Chancellor to Halt Pro.
posed Organization
TAXPAYERS ALSO JOIN m

Wilmington. DEL, Aug. 1B-R,,...
g. Harman, former City solici,or ,,u .n,
attorney for the Delaware Fra e.. '
pany. will apply to Chancellor Jo.,a,
o. Wolcott, Mt Dover, tomorrow I ~
an order restraining the Directnr, @
Public Safety Of Washington ,,.
proceeding with the Organization :,
paid fire department until such mn. y.
as are now disputed shall be clearod d,ers nr
Mr.. Harman also represents ths W.
payers, who assert that action r.,.A.
be taken to prevent the sacrifice - snust .nt
peoples money, It was stated lost NJ n,.aa sus
1t is further declared that ~ fyd.. th.
Department Of Public Safety and .,ae me
Council have proceeded In any o,hsvy NV
manner than Is set forth in the w.
which provides for the inauguratior ny =,
paid fire department IL will an 2.
the validity of the bonds which hSs hssSs
been issued for the purpose. nave
The Delaware Fire Company b..
sought the proposed action after hs s'
coming incensed with the failure =,
tho directors to purchase their 6r..
house and failure to offer ro.. MY.
than $4,000 for their truck. which 'nors nOas
them S14, 900. They base their action
however, on the ground that the A.,
rectors purchased houses and appor.tn.
without first advertising for competitivs
bids.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
HOLD MILITARY FUNERALS
Woodbury. Pays Honor to Victims Of
Great War

Woodbury., n. j., Aug. 15.--One Of
the largest funerals ever held In this
city was held Saturday, when the body
Of William Stokes Bonsal, who was
killed in action in France, was Inferred
in Greene Cemetery. The American
Legion Post, bearing the deceased
mans name, had charge Of the funeral.
The services were in tho Presbyterian
Church. The procession was led by
the Third Regiment Band, followed by
the post and Ladies' Auxiliary. State
Chaplain Dubel oficiated both in the
church and at the grave. Lieutenant
Bonsai was killed about three years ago
by a German sniper. When news came
Of his death, his father, William Bon
sal, was taken Ill and soon died.. He
leaves a mother and a sister, Mrs.
Robert Hendrickson.
The body of Edward Wright,
formerly of Swedesboro, was buried
with military honors Sunday afternoon.
Services, held in the Episcopal Church,
were largely attended. The young
soldier entered Camp Dix May 10,
1918, and was assigned to Company
A, 322d Machine Gun Battalion and
sent to France. He was stricken with
influenza and died the following Oc-
tober. He was the son of the late.
David and Josephine Wright. The
funeral was in charge Of Swain Post,
and number of fraternal societies
attended. The Swedesboro Band led
the procession to the cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15

The separator is used to separate the
oil and water, so the water can be
emptied into the river, and the oil
drawn off from the top. Naturally, as
soon as the hose of water was turned
into its caldron the water went to the
bottom and the fire leaped triumphantly
along the top.
Thirst and hunger were added to the
exhaustion of the fighters rs the fremen
kept on with one Of the longest and
most grueling jobs they ever encoun-
tered.
Hanifen was the first man found. His
clothing had been burned from his body.
McClone was found next, almost twenty
feet from the point where he had last
been seen at work. Nearby was Null
hern, who was semi conscious.
One of the most pathetic incidents of
was to have retired this week after
forty three years of continuous service
mt the plant. At the last meeting of the
Board of Directors a pension was voted
to him.
Crisdell was overjoyed by the news,
as was his wife. who had planned a
party for him. When he left for work
Saturday Mrs. Crisdell said he would
soon be away from his dangerous oc-
cupation. He had helped fight scores
Of fires during his long service.
Jordan. who was a neighbor Of Nc
Clone, rushed to the fire on a motor
cycle about ~ 80 o'clock Sunday morn
Ing. After learning of his neighbours
death he started homeward to break the
news. His motorcycle was struck by
truck carrying nurses to the big blaze.
Jordan died Of a fractured skull.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
POLICE BATTLE CROWD
Thirteen Arrested In Row at Twelfth
and Lombard Streets

A fight took place last night between
police and a crowd OF Negroes at
Twelfth and Lombard streets following
the arrest by two detectives Of a man
suspected Of theft. Thirteen Negroes
nre under arrest as a result of the row,
but no one is seriously injured. ,
The two detectives, Anderson and
Alexander, Of the Twelfth and Pine
streets station, arrested the suspect Just
after he left a house near the cosnor
Of Twelfth and Lombard streets. Ne,
groes in n crowd nearby protested, and
when they attempted TO force tho pris'
cnsr's release tho fight started.
The detectives we're fast getting the
worst OF the uneven struggle when
detail Of police arrived from the station
and after q fight arrested the. thirteen
negroes and routed the remainder. The
thief suspect escaped.
Two OF the men arrested were held
in $1,000 bail, charged with assault and
battery and attempt TO kill. The others
are held in $500 bail on the same
charge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
List of Dead and Injured
in Point Breeze Oil Fire
Dead

Dead
James Mulhern, Jr., twenty -one
years old, 55S2 Larchwood avenue,
died Of burns In st. Agnes Hospital.
William II. ,Hanifen, Jr.. thirty,
2335 Morris street, died Of burns In
st. Agnes Hospital.
Hugh McCiuI;e. thirty-fve, 6152
Reinhart street, died Of burns IL
Methodist Hospital.
Frank Jordan, twenty. one, $50
Reinhart street, killed In a motor
cycle crash speeding TO the FIRE.
William G. Crisdcll. sixty-six.
2213 Moore street. died Of burns In
Sc. Agnes Hospital. Mr.. Crisdell
would have been pensioned begin
ming today.
Ell Cell. Morris street. died Of
burns in st. Agnes Hospital.
Injured
John Grum, fifty four, city fire.
man. 27t5 South Eighteenth street,
overcome by smoke. st. Agnes Hos
pital.
William Young, thirty five, s27
North Twenty fourth street. burns
Of body. st Agnes Hospital
John German, twenty seven, 1447
South Twenty eighth street, over
come by fumes. st. Agnes Hospi-
tai.
John Connolly. thirty, city fire.
man, 220S Mifflin street, overcome
by smoke. st. Agnes Hospital.
Edwin Woodcock. twenty three,
address unknown, body burns. st.
Agnes Hospital.
Neil Mccoy, forty -seven, 1140
Cambridge street, burns of face and
body. St. Agnes Hospital.
Hugh Martin, sixty zone, lii
Winton street, burns Of body. st.
Agnes Hospital.
William Donahue, forty -nine,
1888 Ritner street, broken ankle and
burns. Methodist Hospital.
Samuel Mcknight, thirty six,
2423 South Mole street, city fire.
man, burns of body. Methodist Hos
pital.
John Wilson, age and address I'M
known, burns of face and body.
Methodist Hospital.
Thomas McGlone, thirty five.
burns on face and body. st. Agnes
Hospital.
Joseph Dougherty, twenty eight,
city fireman. 1907 Federal street,
overcome by fumes. Methodist Hos
pital.
Many more were treated for minor
injuries by ambulances and at vari-
Gus other hospitals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE
Promotion Of Good Fellowship Aim
at Sharon Hill

A Business Mems Association has
been organized in Sharon Hill. with
the object Of promoting good fellowship
in the town. Officers elected were
Frank NJ. Tanner, president; Frank
J. Donahue. vice president; p. NJ.
Read, secretary; Emil c. Wagner, Jr.,
treasurer, and Charles W. Tuppenny,
publicity agent.
A set of bylaws Is being drawn up
by a committee consisting Of Messrs.
Tuppeny, Wagner and Read.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15

was asked to take another workman to
his home short distance away.
MY husband said the other man had
seated himself in the sidecar." Mrs.
McClone stated. The motorcycle was
near the still where the fire started. My
husband said he had not started the
engine Of his cycle and that he had just
about to throw q leg over the saddle
when the explosion came. He was COW
cred with blazing oil"
The incessant shrek of the fire sirens
on the company reservation" Sunday
morning had been heard by firemen on
watch duty beside the alarm gongs In
the downtown engine houses.
AS a result, the crews in many engine
houses were standing by" when thu
first alarm changed over the Electrica
Bureau wires. 1t had been sounded BY
Acting Lieutenant Mullin from q bo,
inside the company's grounds.
AS the city engines rolled from thei
stations and raced TO the plant tn,
flames had reached the "agitators.
lead lined tanks used for treating high.
grade oils.
Fire Destroys Hose
The heat was so intense that the fire
could be fought only from the rim, ant
much of the hose was burned up as the
flames swept here and there. The cen
ter Of the blaze was % fierce that even
up to the middle Of the afternoon it was
impossible for officials to penetrate far
enough to take exact stock of how many
Of the pumphouses and auxiliary build
ings were doomed.
AS throngs of sightseers and worried
householders hurried to the scene the
short -circuiting of electric wires of high
voltage added bright flashes to the dis
play. The crowds were stopped at the
Passyunk avenue bridge from the west
and we'll below the plant from the east,
so that further casualties should not be
added to the nights toll Of death and
damage.
Up to 4 80 o'clock in the morning,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
SWISS EXPLAIN DEFEAT
BewaIj Fact That American Marks.
men Used Apparatus

Berne, Aug. 15.-(By A.. P.)-The
members of the Swiss rifle shooting
team, who have Just returned from
Lyons, where they met defeat for the
first time in fifteen years, at the hands
of the American marksmen in the In
ternational rife shooting tournament
last week, complain that the American
victory was due to Especial technical
apparatus such as field glasses, lenses
and padded cushions for resting elbows
and knees, which, especially in firing
Americans an advantage"
In future the Swiss team win refuse
to compete unless the marksmen refrain
from using such paraphernalia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
WAITE FOR N, J. FREEHOLDER
Petitions In Circulation for Ceilings.
wood Man

Petitions are in circulation in COL
lingswood to place the name Of George
A. Waite, a newspaperman and for
mer Assemblyman In the New Jersey
Legislature, on the Republican ballot
to represent that borough in the Cam
den County Board of Frceholders. The
Jersey primaries take place the first
week of September.
Mr.. Waite has been resident Of
Camden for thirty years and Of Col
lingswood borough since 1907. The
candidate will make the opening ad-
dress of his campaign at the fremen' s
fair Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of
this week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
Drowned Shortly After BetrothaI

Nor1fstown, Pa, Aug. 15.-There is
an added touch Of human interest in the
drowning of George Rogers, Of Jeffer-
sonville, an employe of the State In
surance Department, on Saturday after
noon in the Perkiomen Creek near Oaks.
He was betrothed just the evening be-
fore to Miss Marion Stritzinger, daugh-
ter Of b. Frank Stritzinger, q grist
mill operator Of this place. 1t is be-
lieved that his death was due to heart
disease, rs he was good swimmer. His
body was recovered after four hours
search by his brother, Charles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
Fund for Losing Ball Teams

Detroit, Mcih., Aug. 15.-To aid
clubs that may encounter financial diff
ficulties a sinking fund will be created
by the Michigan Ontario Baseball
League through the deduction Of one
and one-balf cents on every paid ad-
mission. The plan becomes effective
today. The league season, originally
scheduled to close September Is, will
end September 8 it was announced to-
div
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
Subdue Second Fire
tn Pt. Breeze Plant

osatinued FROM Psrs One
~ smo.e was touched at the bottom with
. savage red and the heat drove com
pany officials back hundreds Of feet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
Woman Lost Seeking pauob..,

Mrs. Ellen Dooley. of Wilkes. Barr.
became lost in this city yesterday in ~
effort to locate her daughter Mr. ra
Johns. In an exhausted condition, sh.
appealed to the Trenton avenue anS S
Dauphin street police station for u ssu
sistance. She was turned over to ~.
Travellers Aid Society. '''
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-21

A corner Of the
Pasquier garden
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Living With Genius
Has Its DratUbacks

Tyw HE conflict Of idealisn and ma
w. terialisna, the direct result Of
modern sociological conditions, is
skillfuiIy set forth in wake Up,
Jonathan!" in which Sam H. Harris
is now presenting Mrs. Fiske at the
Henry Miller Theater. AS Marion
Blake, the wife of multimillionaire
and worid-tamer, she confesses the
emptiness Of her life to Adam West,
a sculptor and financial failure.
"My life with Jonathan was just
bare, that was all. Jonathan's great
genius for business turned every
thing he touched into success. One
couldn't withhold admiration, but in
way it was all very dreadful. There
was no time for play--no beauty
no real living and no purpose or
value behind it all that could see.
His power Of concentration was ap-
palling, and with tho first great sue
cess came consuming egotism--a
belief that he was infallible. He
surrounded himself with people who
groyeled before hiul--and excluded
every one else. 1t was genius, Of
course, but madness, and spiritual
devastation. Nothing less"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

S%EsSHB AlIf oLNtISh - OHERA, =
%%EH which vainly sought aims in
u< Greenwich Village, appeared
to be hoary visitor to
these shores from remote antiquity,
yet John Gays precursor of musical
comedy is lusty springald compared to
recent exhumations in London.
The revival at the Kingsway Theater
by Nigel Playfair, of Beaumont and
Fletcher's knight of the Burning
Pestle," first published in 1913, proved
only fip of the ouija board at the old
plays. For now London producer has
blown the dust OF nearly 400 years"
from Nicolas Udall's "Ralph Roister
Doister. Comedy or Interlude with
Musick and Ayres," and offered it for
limited series of performances with
in the precincts of Westminster Abbey.
The setting in that court OF mem
ories, the Abbot's Dining Hall, in
volved an interest equal to the his
torical and intrinsic dramatic interest
of the production itself. OF this en-.
for the restoration and upkeep of the
Abbey, The London Morning Tele-
graph says:
Tho play of Ralph Roister Dolst.r'
is most particularly interesting, as being
the earliest extant English comedy. BY
one Of those fortunate accidents by
which men achieve undying fame, it
happens to have fallen TO Udall Cor
Woodall, some spellinGs have it) TO
supply the link between tho medieval
mystery plays and "interludss and the
authentic EliZabethan comedy. The act
ual date of Ralph Roister Doister'' Is
not certain. There is q strong presurnp-
tion that the play appeared in 1852 or
1858. Different authorities hold different
views on this point, but unless moro
evidence comes to light the exact date
can never be definitely settled; nor does
It greatly matter The chief point IS
that here for the first time, we get the
dramatic traditions and stagecraft OF
classical times combined with the homely
atmosphere of the semi-religious ''mys-
teries" TO give US new thug-a real
English comedy. The characters arc
stock dramatic figures Ralph the boast
ing cowardly lout who thinks every
women in love with him; Mathew Merry
greeke. the clever rogue (the slave OF
Plautus AND TerenceJ. who at eggs
Ralph on to foolish schemes ana sees
that they come TO grief; and so on; but
they are the same stock characters that
Shakespeare took. rather more than a gen
eratsn later. and transformed into flesh
and blood in tho persons OF Falstah,
Pistol and (dare we even say) Iago.
The conditions under which the pres
ent production is made are most appro-
priade and altogether charming. We are
oft 20 INN q
street TO the left and the house ofsDame
Christian Custapce to the right. The
entrances are made through two cur
tained openings IN the oak screen, and
the easements in the musictans' gallery