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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
HARDINC'S LETTER
SENT TO LETTERS

Washington, Sept. 0.---(By \. 7. y
President Harding's letter to Repre-
sentative Jeffers, replying u an appeal
that former service man be named as
one Of the delegation to the armament
conference, followc:
''It does not seem likely that it will
be practical to bring an ex service man
OF temporary experience into the con-
ference because Of the very limited num-
Der In the delegation, and the further
fact that the larger military and naval
information necessary to justify pru-
dent action will necessarily come from
sactual service men who devote all their
time to naval and military problems"
i After commenting on the selection Of
Secretary Hughes az head Of the delegn-
tion and Senator Lodge as one of its
members, Mr.. Harding said:
'Because the matter is wholly patri-
otic and national in scope, l should be
very much dissatisfied IL / could not
have outstanding representation of the
present minority in Congress.
Toxic, Sept. 0.-(By A. P.)-The
Japanese delegation &c the forthcoming
Washington conference on limitation Of
srmaments, nubmering nearly 200, now
plans to sail in three groups. The first
win 60 on the steamship Korea Maru
October l, the second on the Shinyo
Maru October 13, and the third and
most important on the Kashima Maru
October IA. The naval group of the
delegation. headed by Vice Admiral
Ksnji Kato. will sail on the Korea
Mau. This group definitely includes
Captain X. Yamanashi, Captain N.
0ntsugus II. Ueda, Commander II. Hori,
tAree lieutenant commanders and two
u0uto001{A rs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
WASHINGTON MAID
RULES SHORE FETE
Margaret German Takes Most
of Prizes, Crowds Cheering
Judges Decisions

BIZ a stag Correspondent

Atlantic City. Sept. 9.-No rcnnon
along tho boardwalk futtcred and no
white capped breaker throbbpd with
half the happiness last night that
stirred the heart Of little Miss Mar
garct Gormnn Miss Washington). :.
whcr stern faced judges called her
three separate times to the platform to
give her the three most important prizes
of the second annual two day Atlantic
City pageant.
Just over fifteen years Of age, and
not spoiled by the adulation she has
received ms the prettiest girl possible
for the big cities of the United States
to send here, the little light haired
maid just laughed her way into the
hearts OF the, thousands of merry
makers. She was undoubtedly the pop
ular choice and the decisions Of the
judges were greeted with cheers inside
the per--checrs that were echoed and
re echoed among the throngs on the
Boardwalk when the news reached
them.
She's Just the Same
Miss German. little, smiling. happy,
was solemnly chosen, in the intcrcity
beauty contest as the most beautiful
girl in America. Then she heard the
group OF Judges, headed by Howard
Chandler Christy, declare thnt she was
the most beautiful out of town girl on.
tered in the bathcrs' revue. Then she
was again called to the stand to be
told that she was the most beautiful
girl in the whole pageant. And she left
it all unspoilcd and as delightful rs she
was when first she set her dancing foot
on Atlantic City's pavements.
Crowned rs the queen of the pageant
H1. l,, ,nV,, trt, he -
received the four foot high Alamac
vase. the prize offered by Harry Late.
proprietor of the Alamac Hotel. and
ono of the directors Of the pageant. She
also won the Golden Mermaid, a trophy
valued at $500.
Miss Nellie Orr. as Miss Philadcl-
pha, was second among the bathing
girls in the verdict Of the judges among
the sea nymphs from other cities: Miss
South Jersey" who was KathCryn VI
Gearon, Of Camden, was third Miss
Pittsburgh" " Miss Thelma Mathew.
fourth Miss Newark" Miss Margaret
Bates. fifth. and Miss Ocean City"
Miss Hazel Harris. sixth.
Miss South Jersey ranked second
to Miss Washington" in the intcrcity
and Miss Ocean City" fourth.
The Brunette Winner
In the award for the opposite type to
Miss Washington" who is a blonde.
Miss South Jersey" won first Miss
Ocean City" second; Miss Philadel-
phia." third; Miss Newark" fourth.
and Miss Pittsburgh" fifth. They
are all brunettes.
A mile long line of mermaids par
ticipated in the Bathers' Revue that for
solid hour passed between lanes of
npplauding spectators banked in twenty
deep on either side the sand pathway
between the Garden and Steel Piers,
while the Boardwalk. pavilions and
ricrs were dcnscly packed with other
| enthusiastic bcholders.
In the afternoon crowds Of equal pro-
portions lined the Boardwalk from
Rhode Island to Missouri avenue and
Atlantic avenue on both sides of the
street to enjoy the marvellous array of
exhibits entered in the roller chair pa
r0dc by individuals, cities, firms and
OrraniZQtiOnS
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RICH DETROIT MEN NEAR
DEATH IN BLAZING BOAT
Party Of Six, Including Newberry's
Son, Have Narrow Escapes


Detroit, Sept. 0.-(By \. P.)-Six
men, including Phelps Newberry, son Of
Senator Truman II. Newberry. and
several prominent Detroit business men
narrowly escaped death last night when
tho fifty foot gasoline launch Kismet,
owned by +. Walter Guibcrt, burned
to the waters edge in Lake st. Clair,
three miles off Crosse Pointc, Detroit
suburb.
After battling for more than three
hours against n heavy sea In small
rowboat, the six men early today
reached the Crosse Pointe Clubhouse.
Guibcrt. badly burned about the hands
and with his lungs scorched by the
flames rs he fought the fire aboard his
craft, is in u hospital. He is expected
to recover.
TIL" fire was caused by backfiring of
the kismet's engine.
Others IN the party included James
Y. Lynn and Frederick Hanna, Detroit
business men; Jere II. Brooks, of De =
trolr, and an unidentified man, who
WIS engineer Of the Kismet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
CANDIDATES TO SPEAK
Men lndorsed by League to Be in
West Philadelphia Tonight

Voters League candidates win state
the issues on which they are making
their campGign Gt n great mass meeting
which will 5p held this evening for the
citizens II West Philadcnhi"
The meeting will be held ut 40 South
Fifty-s.cond street, The headquarters
udelphia,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
Private Nicholas Santacone

Tho burial of Private Nicholas San
taconc, Company +. Thirty second In
fantry, who was killed in the Argonne
October -, 1918, will take place to.
from his residence. 1T6 River
rond,O West Manayunk. The Thomas
Emery Post Of the American Legion
will attend the services in st. John
Baptist's Church. Interment will be in
Westminster Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
ASKS STOOL PIGEON PROBE
Chicago Police chief Says He We'll
comes Inquiry

Chicago, Sept. Obs. A. PO-cMore
comnlaints were heard by the Grand
Jury today which is investigating
charges that Chicago police engaged
Stool pigeons" to lure men into crime
and then informed the police OF the
acts so that police e1sciency records
might be inflated.
Chief of Police Fitzmorris declared
today he welcomed an investigation, at
the same time admitting that the de-
partment used "stool pigeons. There
Is nothing wrong In that the chief
said today, "but II there has been mis-
use of the system, I welcome an inves-
tigation."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
alag of Distress
Doesn't Distress Mayor

While the Mayors War Board
was in session the flag outside his
reception room was flying upside
down, which is the naval signal Of
distress.
Some one saw it and telcphoned
the Electrical Bureau. A perspiring
rigger came and righted it.
There's no distress here" smiled
the Mayor when told. "Some Of the
opponents of the Administration are
sending out an s o. s. about this
time"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
Interborouah ReceIvershIp Over

New York, Sept. N.---IIolrmg m Il
petition for reccivership for the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company was
continued by Federal Judge Mayor to-
day until September 21 lie said that
he would oppose reccivcrship ~ fa-
as he could unless the public interest
should demand il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
Thieves Active During Carnival

West Chester. Pa, Sept. 3,--EUring
n carnival of tircmcn Rt PAoli thieves
broke into the place of business If the
Harry Ilubbs Company, from which
they carried OFF five cases Of ginger ale
and many other soft drinks. They also
entered n tailoring establishment next
door. where they stole five suits of
clothing belonging to customers aud
nsS,,,.s IsSss amount Of fine f2th and other
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09

Warristurg. Sept. Shy 4, PD-
"The safety of the public cannot be
endangered by prolonged dispute over
Public Service Commission in order
ing the Bethlehem Bridge Commission
to repair bridges at once.
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LOST AND FOUND

MASONIC CHARM-Lost. Masonic charm.
combination conslstory and new x, y;
with green cross; liberal reward if retnrnso
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Cunningham. Brown Split
Continued from Page One

One result Of the definite statement
by Pearose is thar there is a real split
between CUNNINGHAM and Judge Brown
and between Cunningham and Mr.. Non.
Noll ani Cunningham We're once bosom
personal friends.
Senator Ware had nothing 70 say.
His friends, however. said the result
Of the PCnroSn pronounccmont would be
that Campbell. once Pcnrose leader of
the Twenty Ward, would align
himself with the Ware forces In the be-
ginning Pcnr">c was favornbIy disposed
to the candidacy Of CamubrN
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
''Big So Official Denies
Break With Other Unions

CLEVELAKD, Oct. "a (By The AS
sociated Press). - Warren S. Stone,
president of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, tonight declared
there is no open break" between the
Zig Five railroad transportation or
ganizations of shop crafts which have
voted not to Join in the strike set to
begin October 80.
There is no open break" he said
"The situation is very much overdrawn.
Each organization is free to use its
own judgment. Each organization pre-
serves its own autonomy"
Some of the subordinate brotherhood
officials intimated, however, that there
was strong possibility, in their judg-
ment, that many of the members of
other railroad labor organizations
would follow the members OF the big
Five" in the event they leave the serv-
ice, regardless of their leaders in
structions to the contrary.
MIR. Stone refused to comment on re-
ports from Memphis that general
chairmen of the engineers brother
hood had received advices from him
that it was not necessary for them to
attend the Chicago conference until he
knew which chairman made the alleged
statement and corroborated the report
President Stone said it was his un-
derstanding that the vice -chsirmen. as
we'll as the general chairnen, have been
summoned to appear at the Chicago
conference with the Railroad Labor
Board Wednesday
w. G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, in re-
sponse to kilograms from his general
| chairmen asking for instructions re-
garding their appearance in Chicago
Wednesday, notified them to obey the
Labor Boards citation.
Chairmen of the conductors. fremer
and engineers on the International &
| Great Northern Railroad to-day were
mediately to authorize their men te
leave the service in case attempt Is
made by the railroad to use them
| to fill places vacated by the trainmer
who left the service last Saturday. II
was indicated such an attempt hao
been reported and the instructions is
sued were in answer to the genera
chairmen's requests for guidance.
i. c. Cashen, president of the
Switchmen's Union of North America
reached Cleveland to-day and at
| tended conference OF the big rive
| leaders. No statement was issued
They will confer again tomorrow
morning.
Mr.. Lee gave out a statement to-
night on "The railway women are with
their men," making public resolu
tion adopted last Thursday by Com
panion Lodge, 81, of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, at ST. Paul, in which
the women declare themselves as be
ing "in full sympathy with the efforts
of our railroad men in opposing re
duced standard of living"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
Mixed Letters to Wives
Speed Bigamist to Cell
Plea for Clemency Fails When
Renee and Marie Get Each
Note Intended for Other

Because he was so careless as to
inclose love letters to two women writ
ten at the same time in the wrong en-
velopes. Joseph Kunz, twenty three
years old, veteran of the World War,
is on his way to Sing Sing Prison, con-
victed of bigamy and sentenced by
Judge Charles C. Mott in General Ses-
sons to two years imprisonment.
Kunz was arraigned on the bigamy
charge last week. He pleaded guilty
to having married Marie Ann David, a
Belgian refugee, when already married
to Renee BRAND, French girl whom
he met while serving with the Marines
in France. Kunz pleaded for mercy
and Judge Mott promised to be lenient
if the culprit could get a job that
would enable him to support his wife.
Then Kunz was inspired. He wrote
letters to his wives, swearing to each
that he loved her alone and urging
both women to appeal to the court for
clemency $50 that he might prove his
devotion" When Renee received a
letter addressed to Marie and Marie
one addressed to Renee, they compared
missives. Together they visited AS
sistant District Attorney Rose Rosen-
burg, who laid them before Judge Mott
when Kunz appeared for sentence.
Kunz was Immediately sentenced to
from two to three years in the peni-
tentiary. He did not know what had
caused the courts severity until later
Then he remarked:
"How careless of mel"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
British Colleges Plan
Disarming Conference
DIR. Muirhead Announces He
Will Launch Movement SINH
lar to That of Princeton
SneoinI nianntoh tn rho rrih,..e

PP'"'Nt i'''PdttF ~ 4 re IJlOuHC
PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. 24.-Ac-
cording to DR.. John H. Muirhead. pro-
fessor of political economy and phi
losophy at Birmingham University, in
England, the universities of England
are to emulate the example of Prince
ton in calling an intercollegiate con-
ference on the limitation of arma-
ments. During his visiting lecture tour
10 this country Dr. Muirhead said:
The one phase of Princeton under
graduate activity which has interested
ne above ali others is the disarma-
men conference which your president
and senior council have inaugurated.
1t is my firm intention to start SINH
lar movement in English collegiate
circles as soon as l have received the
necessary information concerning the
actual launching of such a project
from its originators here in Princeton.
THE large colleges in England have
student government much like your
own. The guild of the English insti-
tutions may perhaps be even more
democratic than the senior council of
the American university. At any rate,
with the approval of the undergraduate
body as a whole, the guild of Bir-
ningham will undertake the Inaugural
ton of this work, following those sug-
gestions which l shall receive from the
leaders of the conference here in
Princeton"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
Newton Will Name 25
Deputies to Scan Vote
Specials VIII Serve Without
Pay TO Prevent Frauds i'm
Coming Election

Attorney General Charles D. Newton
said last night at the Murray Hill Ho-
tel that he had made provision for the
appointment to-day or tomorrow of
twenty-five special deputy attorneys
general. to serve without pay in the
enforcement of the election law in this
city.
ut has been reported to me that, on
account of doing away with the Office
Of State Superintendent of Elections,
there is grave probability that ad
vantage will be taken OF the absence Of
the deputies who used to work under
his direction,' said Mr.. Newton.
~ have talked with leading Repub-
licans here, and j believe it to be for
the benefit of law and order that extra
safeguards be thrown around the con
duct of the next election. ] have no
money with which to paw these twenty
five special deputies. They will have
to serve without pay, but they will be
clothed with the power of the state.
and it their services are needed they
Will be of great use to the law enforce
ment officers of this city"
President Samuel S. Koenio Of the
New York County Republican Commit
tee, who was instrumental in bringing
the subject to the attention to the At
torney General, said last night the spe-
cials would be used TO investigate sus-
pected illegal registration.
Many reports have come to the
county committee that indicate padded
registration" said Mr.. Koenig. "The
specials whom Attorney General New
ton has seen fit to authorize will check
up on the registration, and they will
prosecute violators both before and af-
ter election"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
Conditions Help Ford
Run Railroad, Says Critic
Line as an adjunct 10 AUTO
Plant Is Not Comparable to
Those ErcLusireLY Carriers

A reply to Henry Ford's criticism of
railway methods, in which it declared
that the success of the Detroit, Toledo
& Ironton is due to special conditions
and has no bearing on the conduct of
other railroads, is contained in the
which publishes Mr.. Ford's article. 1t is
signed simply by a Railroad Presi-
dent" who withholds his name.
The fact that Ford's road is line
of only 545 miles, calling for q rela-
lively small number of employees, says
this article, has made it possible for
Ford to do away with labor unions on
his line and demand exceptional service
in return for higher wages. Railroads
generally could not do this, for the
unions would make an issue of work
ing conditions, the article says. 1t con-
tinues:
"The fact that it crosses numerous
railways enables Mr.. Ford, who, as a
manufacturer, controls large traffic,
to deliver and receive freight to and
from the other railroads at any place
or places he prefers. This gives him
an advantage in negotiating on behalf
of the D., T. & l. for divisions of rates
which would not have been possessed
by any railway which might hive ac-
quired the D., T. g. I. No railway
which might nave bought 1t would have
been a manufacturer controlling the
routing of the amount of freight which
Mr.. Ford controls. The D., T. e. l.
would not have been as valuable an
acquisition to some railway as to Mr..
Ford"
The fact that thet earnings of Ford S
road have greatly increased under his
administration, the author goes on to
say, is due to the fact that he has
routed over it vast amount of freight
to or from his factory, and dropped
freight of lower classification. Thus,
while his tonnage has remained sta
tionary, the revenues have largely in
creased. The Detroit, Toledo & Iron
ton, the railroad president insists, is
little more than part of his auto
mobile factory and even with this ad-
vantage, he says, it has done no better,
if as we'll, in the matter of operation
and revenues, than similar railroads
owned by the Steel interests.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
DIR. Deaver Says Radium
Fails as Cancer Cure
Eminent Surgeon Sees Danger
i'm Over-Confidence in Me.
chanical Diagnosis

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 24.-Dr. John
B. Deaver. of the University of Penn
sylvania. who was installed as presi-
dent of the American College of Sur
geons in convention here tonight, de-
clared that radium as remedy for
the relief or cure of cancer had failed.
"Radium as the ultimate relief of
cancer has failed, and fallen short as
cure" he asserted. discussing "Old
Methods and New in Surgical Dis
eases" DR.. Deaver said
"There is danger in Understanding
the value of the old methods Of diagno
sis and placing too much confidence il
mechanical diagnosis of disease with
apparatus rather than with the sense
of touch. smell and those employed ir
old methods.
Fanatics who oppose animal rxperi
mentation or viyisection do not eservs
the service of distinguished II. who
have accomplished so much in such re
search work for humanity Much o,
tlsc great work done by surgeons il
the war was the result of experimental
tion on animals"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
Decision on Authority
Of /. C.. C. To Be DELAYED
Supreme Court Grants Rehear.
ing Of Wisconsin Rate Case
Involving Point

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Authoritv
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
to supervise purely ntrastate transpor-
tation rates probably will not be finally
determined before the new year, as a
result of the Supreme Court to-day or
the Wisconsin rate case, involving this
disputed point
Brought originally by the State of
Wisconsin to test the validity of an
order of the commission providing for
increased rates between points entirely
within the state, the case was inlme-
diately broadened by the entrance of
about forty states.
The commission asserts that the pow
ers it attempted to exercise were in
cluded in the transportation act, or
otherwise its supervision of interstate
schedules would be meaningless
The court announced that it would
hear on January 3 the railroad case
brought by North Dakota.
Railroad companies are not liable for
damages caused while operated by the
railroad administration, the court held
in refusing to review an appeal of the
Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Com
pany.
Persons employed on railroads while
under Federal control were entitled to
the increase in compensation provided
in the order of the Director General of
Railroads issued on May rs, 1918, for
services rendered from January |, 1918
to May Is, 1918, although they may have
been discharged for cause that year prior
to the issuance of the order, the Supreme
Court ruled in effect, in the case of An
thony Kowalski, a gang foreman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
$500 p. II. II. Men Reject
Strike; I,IOO to Go Out
Latter Action Has No Connec-
ton With General WaLk. Out;
Refers to COmpanY Unions

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.-The gen
eral committee of the miscellaneous
forces Of the Association of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, Eastern region, voted
to-day to remain at work and stake no
part in the contemplated railroad
strike" The association has a mem
bership of approximately $500.
WILMINGTON. Del, Oct. "a
Eleven hundred of the 200 shop work
ers employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad here voted to strike in bal
lot taken to-day, union officials an
nounced tonight. The vote, which has
no connection with the threatened
nationwide railroad strike, was taken
on the question of company unions" I"
which the railroad wants to. recognize
instead of System Federation No 90,
of the Railway Employees Department,
American Federation of Labor. TO
w,ich majority of the men belong.
About 400 of the men voting are on
furough. -,
No date has been set for walkout.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
London Bets I0 to l
No u. S.-Japanese Var

LONDON, Oct. 24.-Insurance
against the outbreak of war be-
tween the United States and
Japan on or before December 81,
1922, was effected in the London
market to-day at rate equivalent
to odds of about 19 to / against
the risk, according to The
Times"
Another deal was effected, The
Tines adds, providing for the
payment of the total loss in the
case that even part or the whole
of the West Indies is transferred
to the United States of America
IN payment or part payment of
our debts on or before December
81, 1922 The odds were IT to
3 against the risk.