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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
GRUNAU SEES LACK .
OF STRIKE FUNDS
ST. 100000 in Unions Golfer,
Not Sufficient, Outlaw"
Leader Says
WON'T FIGHT MOVEMENT
BY the Associated presa

Chicago, Oct. II. The ro,,-.
brotherhoods have n strike fund !,
S2'OOO'OOO. which is insufficient for a
general strike of any length, Jo,r
Grunau. president of the United h,
sociation Of Railway Employss =,
North America and leader Of tho NV
authorized switchmen's strike ~ i,a
year. declared today. '
Grunau has issued circular "a ,,o
~ uOO members cf his organization ont.
inning the assoctation's position in ever,
not believe there will be a weIkon, m uYgs Igs
pointed out that the brotherhood ioos,o my
have weakened their own ranks br b"us.s o,a
culating reports that the memhsrs =,
his organization will stem In No str;to
breakers in revenge for the efforts q,
the old organizations 10 hreot ~.
Grunau strike in April. 1920. Grunaru
denied any such intention.
There are thousands Of our man,
bers walking the streets TODAY wbn.
their families suffer-" the circular ssv,
"Why? Because when we were ~
strike in 1920 for 165 days, the recor-
nizcd brotherhood leaders establisbsd
strike breaking agencies.
The circular concluded with the iron.
clad statement:
''The so called outlaws will not OF :.
pei any of their members for partici. :.
pating in a strike, whether ordered h,
their leaders or by another organisa.
ton. Neither will they revoke the chm:
ter Of any local that goes on record
to participate In strike and most
positively this association will not "a.
tablish strike breaking or scab herdina
agencies as was done by the famous
hrotherhoods while the members Of our
association we're on vacation last wear !,
Grunau said his union has 216 local,
in the United States and Canada. Under
the name of the CHICAGO Yqrdmen's
Association he called a strife in 1921
that for a time threatened to paralyze
the Nations transportation facilities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
FIRE RISK SCANDAL
MAY HIT BIG MEN
Hearing Of Alleged conspirators
Today Expected to Open
Story Of Graft
CoRTELYOU IS WATCHFUL

A widespread fire insurance scandal
IS expected to become public this after
noon AT a hearing of two men arrested
Friday. George +. McCann. a private
detective, and Harry Fox. jnnitor Of a
building near Fifth and Walnut streets.
will be ar' aligned before Magistrate
BCaton and third man is expected to
surrender at the hearing.
McCann and Fox are under 0.000
bail each on charges OF conspiracy. The
third man, who was to have been ar.
rested AZ the same time rs McCann and
Foy. is varously known as Amos
Knight, Mcknight. Enright and King.
llc is supposed to be an cmploye Of the
same firm aS McCann.
The case, which Is said to involve
big insurance companies, city officials
and employees Of the fire marshal's Of
hcC. promises sensational Developments
Il has been rumorcd for months that
there was an larson ring" in existence
hero, and that feud between the Zig
adjustcr, and the little ones has existed
for years. The little mon say the big
companies arc in conspiracy 10 put
( them out Of business. while the big
companies hav" complained that Collu-
sion hctwcct ndiuStcrs and employees Of
the fir" mar halls office was costing
them thousands yearly.
Director Cortclyou reiterated this
morning that the case was of extreme
gravity. He will not bc able 10 attend
the ECnring today. but will have n com
pIete stcuographic record taken Of II
and will be represented at tho magis-
| tratc's office by Fire Marshal Elliott.
/ Fh" III cctor said tho case would involve
sum clos" TO $3.50 900 and several
! prominent men would be involved. II
Is expected warrants for several well =
known figures in the insurance business
| will b" issued directly after the hear.
/ ing.
Ih" big purpose Of today's hearing Is
, 10 get at the source Of the huge fund.
/ SAID I" havc been collected 10 cmploy
! the private detectives who arc said Il
Lay" used such methods rs wire. tan
! ping, breaking and entering nnd ever
/ satr-'rark'ng 10 get cvidenc" Of irrcgu
| Iarltir@ among tho smaller adjustcrs.
/ Ino mon prosecuting the case ngainst
| M"'ann and Fox have retained Judg,
James Gay Gordon and John r X
! scott to help convict them, and these
| TWO attorneys will devote their efforts t
| learning JUS twherc the money cane
from.
| The city is also interested TO find GU
tho HaH" thing, due to the rumors tina
city employees have been bribel.
IL is said III" exposure that led to th,
arrest Of MCCHnn and Fox came abou
! through the confession Of a girl VIII,
had been ''pnntod" in the office of in,
ndJuSt"rS. She has said to have rcpudi
Gted this s. inc". Seven other girls, sim
iIar.% employed, are expected to be o,
, hand to testify this afternoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
CHANCE FOR PLAYWRlGHTs
Mask and Wig Offers Prize for ses
lIbretto by Student

The Mask and Wig Cub has offered
prize, open to Penn students only, for
the best librCttc of one act and one
scene. The plays must be in by No.
vrnber : and should be sent to Harry
Curtis. 200 South Thirty sixth street.
Other activities Of the day at the
University include calls for candidates
for editorial positions on the Glass Reg.
lister. l'hS is unusual'v co"1' g." IS
'"'l, hut confusion caused big DELAY
last year and it is the intention to urr-
vent it ii possible.
Calls also were Issued for manager of
the tennis team and for swimmers and
fcncers.
The Rhymcrs announced the election
Of George B. Saul as this years presi :
dent.
The Corcle Frnncais also held it's an
nual election, naming the following
q. Cournoycr, president; W. Congreyc
vice president; f. ii. Taylor, secretary,
and II. Fortier, treasurer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17

void was a careful business woman.
and said that she would read deeds
over, word for word, before signing
them.
On cross examination, Zimmerman
testified that he had only once prepared
II income tax return for Mrs. Drisch'
man, but was not questioned as to de-
tails. Mrs. Dlischman had previously
testified that her income tax returns,
during the period she was trustee of The
Griswold estate, had been prepared by
Zimmerman.
c. w. Higbec and Harry Hcnning.
two interior decorators, testified that
they had known Mrs. Griswold and
that they had regarded her as being an
exceptionally brilliant woman and of
sound mind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
Boy Injured by Automobile

James Pinto, nine years, ll2 Chris
tian street, was struck by an nutomo.
hiIc driven b. Pasqualc Sandol6. 1892
South Ninth street, At Scrond and
Christian streets Saturday night. The
boy was treated at the Howard Hos
pital for severe bruises and decorations.
Sandolf was held in $500 bail yesterday
by Magistrate Harrigan.S
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
DEATHS

SWITT-On oct. II at her late residsnce.
4229 Chester ave, JULIA NJ, widow OF
Henry brock swift, REQUIEM mass at 81,
Francis de Sales Church, on Thursday morn
'THoMPsoN."- i7th inst, AGNES v,
widow Of James A. Thompson. residence
BIOS N 18th At. Due notice OF FUNERAL WIZ
be given.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
YORK PLANT ON FULL TIME

York, Oct. 17.-Thc entire plant of
the York Manufacturing COMPANY
manu- acturers of ice making machinery
will return to n full-timc schedule TO
day. More than 100 employees of
the 5; Morgan smith Company, ma.
chinlstS. have been laid off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
signed by Mr.. Mcconnell and myself"
said Mr.. Rutter.
Rutfcr's Signature Needed

"Can Mr.. Mcconnell sign permits
alone?" Mr.. Ruttcr was asked.
IF he does the permits will be void. y
was the answer. IAN permits issued
by Mr.. Mcconnell must be Countcrsigued
- myself to make them any good"
With tho arrival of Mr.. Ruttcr. con e
troll Of the Office passed automatically
rut Of the hnndS Of Mr.. Duncan, who
has been here since Friday. Nj.
Duncan will hr assistant TO the "Asso.
ciatc" Director, taking the position VI
\. +. Slater. Mr.. McConncll's assist
Nnt, whom Mr.. Duncan summarily dis
charged n few minutes after hc took
ChprgC here Friday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
WEEKEND CRIMES
HEAVIEST OF YEAR
Police Swamped With Reports
Of 2obberies From All
Sections Of City
SCOUTS TREASURY LOOTED

Police nrc Ewampcl with rCnortH "
che largest number Of wc"k.cn rob-
berries occurring 80 far this year. Fol-
lowing Is the list: The old school house
at Knights road and Byhcrry road. used
as headquarters for Troop No. III, Roy
Scouts, entered through Il side shutter.
and SlGJ stO!Cn from the troop treasury.
Tho apartment uf DR.. II. I. BuaU..
4127 Wa nut street, cntcrc" by bug
lar, who slipped back tn" front uUnr
lock with n knife blade. jcwc ~ vat.
ued at $40 taken. ..
The home Of Arthur Brclning, h2N
( pcnnsgrovr street. robbed ot clothing
I and silver valued at So.
Bankbooks and stock certificates
stolen from tic home ot John BURY,
1643 North Fifty fifth street
Thieves KncCk Out Waterman
Thieves entered the Office Of Poth :
Brewery. at the southwest corner "t
Thirty first and jefferson streets. Fhcy
knocked the night watChman. August
Ritter, unconscious. then fled. Ritter
was taken to the LanEruau Hospital,
then to his home ut boo North Dover
street.
The home Of Harry MuhIhrrgcr, ~ ~
North Franklin s:ro2t. robbed of S2ll
in icwc'ry and $I5o in cnsh.
August W. pauss. Of 3051 North
Franklin street was held up by two
armed bandits near his home and rob
bed of n watch and other valuablcS.
worth $40.
A Bell Telephone pay box At the
Somerton station Of the PhiIad"Inhia
and Reading Railway was robbed Of
$3.50.
The cigar store of Gus Nalos, 1927
West York street. robbed Of $lOG worth
of cigars and cigarettes.
Ernest Durst. 43i Parrish street,
held up at Orianna and George streets
by three youths and robbed Of silver
watch, valued at S43.
s31 Worth Of Perfumes Stolen
Tho drug store Of Fred Fisher, 23Ol
North Thirteenth street. robbed vt S3l
In perfumes and candy.
Automobiles were stO,CN from the fol E
lowing owners, with their yHlU':
Leo 4. Russ. 1928 WinSohorEing
street, $3.50; 7. Ncvm Carcon, $3.50
Sherwood road. $+OOU Daniel G.. Stub
bins, GO47 Nassau road, .S"23n !;
Frederick Keller, 2l9 South Melville
street. $2l0O: Harry Lyons. l4lO Wal
nut street, S24OO; W. }. NacBridc,
$50 hardwood avenue, $1,000; Robert
Todd, G43I SaybruoN avenue 50 :
Peter J. McCaullcy. 1870 GriSc m
street. $500; John II. Brown, A5l9
North Eighteenth street. 5000.
DR.. Joseph b. Setter. lSl7 East
Tioga street, $1,000 Leslie W. lIoi-
land, 2l37 North Fifteenth street.
s2oON; E"Ibcu Jacobs. N"oad and South
streets, $500; Jacob r Gilman, Six
tacnth aud Green streets. SlOoU; Jul
Jus G. Burns. Thirteenth and Spruce
streets. $1,000; Marx Abrahnms, 722322
Saybrooll avenue. $500.
Theodore NJ. Savtch. Coatcsv!llc.
Pa, $1,000; benjamin II Ottoman,
Pennsville. y. j.. $3.50; George I'm
rich. Evan, y. J.. 5000; Elmer ]
Rutherford, 7%0 South Broad street
5000; Dr. VI +. RchfusS, Thirteenth
and Spring Garden streets. $4,000; @
r. Hancock. 31l4 East Thompson
street. S11O0; Joscnh J.. Landry, 1I2a
Mount Vernon strect $40.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17

William c. Mcconnell below has been
supplanted as dry leader IN the State by
Associate" Director =. +. Rutter on the
right. Mcconnell is still the nominal chief
but has no authority 70 act. Rutter has
already started his campaign to make
Pennsylvania dry
ledger Photo Service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
SAYS HUSBAND BEAT HER
Woman Declares Spouse Was Cruel
and He Is Held for Court

Frank De Witt, Forty eighth and
SAMSON streets, was held in 5000 ball
for court today by Magistrate Pennock,
charged with assaulting his wife.
She testified that he had beaten her
repeatedly in the last three months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
SiTrmOns RebVked
for False Chdrge
Continued from Page Oic

Continued from Page orc
i,,st said. have nothing to add. You
ave Covered the ground"
Representative POu, Of North Caro-
wa. "UuNirg Democrat on the commit
trN, iDtr,iortod:
"L"t's b. fair to this witness.
.}~r.' h"arl that statcmcnt-thar he
M2N taiiHs-- all over tn.a room.
C"'on"j Simmons ina'N was per-
wittcl - proceed He then went after
IN" rcc"rd Il G. Anderson Wright
form"r k.crglc oi tho Kim auG or
&antz"r OF tie "NniChtS of rhc Air
lo,cnI Siiamons had previously
articles for tho Hearst papers, the
Judas IscTriot" Of the kJnn. He
h0rgcd that Wright did not write tro
articles clone, but vas assisted by
Hearst agents lie asserted that Wright
and some Il the Hearst employees arr
NOW Engaged IN writing a book and II
T]ay hnyrd on the ku i[lux X an, tout
If WHEY th'y expect to make large
sum o! money.
Faces Cross. Examination
With the conclusion Of his formal
statement Colonel Smn ms took tive
stand for cross examination at the
/ and, ot the committee.
Answering the charge that the Kan
J lls fought the Catholic Church. Colonel
Simmon, said:
+ This is a4 false os all other acru. .
.ationQ. As n matter of fact. friends
Of mirc over Il year age u acrd in my
possession ,jgrrd letters from hish of.
fcinl, of tho Catholic Church Of the
Trttcl Statos thot nosi+ivolv prnvr
tLnir rortici1atior. Guan,iol md ,thcr.
v.igr yin thn rr1,oIutionorv ror+r "a
.yc-tbr.v. tho Ncyicnn Coycrrmrnt
b'cl had been rrrognizrd nv tlf4
country
~ rho Kin, had been at nil iutcr
,stcd in any wav in hurting or nttcmD, .
~ - hurt tn" ,rihohr Church Ia this
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w"v II win i h" rrryro 70 ,Ir yotisfan.
.ion Of the commtttcc that Mr.. Wright
statements are falls"
Smmons charged that the New York
World hpd set vians afoot to tar onc
feather ono If is employees in III" nnm'
Of the Klnn 80 it wou Il appear thnt tlt
klan did this in q spirit VI revenge
and that through this plan "thr WorI,
hopes tc secure additional Circulation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17
Both Sides Bluff,
VieU of Rail Crisis
Continued from Page Ono

all railroad presidents fo't this WV
IE"r" was no agreement anon" tbo,r
and no action. At about this time
President Harding was tN .,,.
ny senator Cummins md other mrmh"!>
Of the uprcr house informed about in
t"ratatN commerce to use all hi, in
t1u"ncc to bring about at ono and the
sam" time u cut both in rates auL
The American Jewish world., 1921-02-04

are authentic because they were stol-
en- from a certain man," and then
adds, 81 am not going to tell you who
they were stolen from, l am not go
ing to tell you who they were stolen
by, I am not going to tell you when
and where they were stolen, l am
not going to tell you whose names
were signed to them, l am not going
to show you the documents that you
may see for yourselves, am not go
ing to show you photograph OF the
documents that you may look at the
signatures, am not going to show
you facsimile Of the documents, l
am not going to tell you in what Ian.
guage the documents were. written"
That's the story. with which Serge
Nilus appeared in 1905. That isn't
all the story. Worse than that, he
admits he hasn't seen the documents
that somebody gave him what that
unnamed somebody alleged to be a
correct translation of documents
which were stolen by a person not
named and given by that unnamed
person to somebody else not named
and given by somebody not named
by himself.
Imagine lawyer going before
jury in the United States with case
like that, saying to the Court and to
the jury: "May it please your Honor
and gentlemen of the Jury: repre-
sent the complainant who can't be
produced into court and l can't pro-
duce anybody in court who knows
that my complainant exists and the
Court doesn't know that my COM
plainant exists. My complainant al
leges his complaint on the strength
of a document which he says bears
the signatures of lot of prominent
men. I can't name them, and you
have to take my word for it that they
are prominent, because l can't give
the names to prove that they are
prominent. cam bring the person
who will testify how this document
was had; I can't bring even one wit
ness to prove that it was stolen, that
it was ever in the possession OF any,
body who is complained against; All
that you must take on faith. l can
not even bring the original docu-
ment itself. This is translation
that was given to my client,
the complainant, so he says. Inc
person who gave it to him can't
be produced. The, original. can't be
produced. Nobody who ever saw the
original can be produced. No attest
ed photograph of the original can
be produced. but please accept the
evidence" On the strength of evil
dence like that, no decent American
Judge or jury would convict the hum
bIest citizen or alien of a misde-
meanor that would sentence him to
CONTINUED on page 13
The American Jewish world., 1921-02-04

Nobody in Russia knows Serge Nilus,
apparently. There is no list Of Rus
sian literary men in which his name
appears; although he signs himself
"Professor"; there is no academic
catalog published in Russia during
the last thirty years in which his
name appears. There is no reputable
literary man in Russia who has yet
come forth to say that he knows
Serge Nilus. All that we know is,
since nobody apparently has seen
the man or even the photograph of
the man, that there was book pub
lished with the name on the title,
page, "Professor Serge Nilus". Well,
Professor Serge Nilus in 1903 pub
lished his book, sort Of mystical,
pietistical evangelism shot through
with the sort of thing suppose Ras-
putin talked to the Czarina and there
is no mention in his book of the Pro-
tocols, although they would seem to
lend themselves admirably to the pur-
pose of his book.
Nilus didn't publish the Protocols
in 1903 and he didn't publish any ref
erence to them, but later on, in 1905,
a new edition of his book appeared,
q second edition, and in the second
edition of his book he published GER
tain Protocols of which he says,
'They have been in my possession
since 1902. The first question that
comes to my mind is, if these docu-
ments which were so vitality import
ant and which bore upon his purpose
so wonderfully well-which were so
significant from the point of view of
his religious mysticisn-if these
documents were in his possession in
1901, why in the name of all that was
rational did he omit reference tc them
in his book, the preface of which
is dated 1903? If he had them in his
possession for two years and they
made no impression upon his mind,
no impression deep enough to make
it worth while to include them even
though it was only an appendix, as
he did in 1905, all that one can say
is there is something radically wrong
with the mentality of Serge Nilus.
There is another explanation. for
Nilus' failure. (shall I say?) which
will deal with presently.
Well now, in 1905 Nilus published
the Protocols. He didn't say then
from. whom he got them. He left
that in mystery. He intimated that
they had been stolen from this un-
protected Free Mason who had gone
out from the conspiracy to a cabaret,
evidently. Then he said they were were
signed by a number of thirty-third
degree representatives of this secret
Order of Zion. Curiously enough ne
didn't mention the name of one of
these signatories. He is man who
saws. "I have documents, they are
signed by certain men, the documents
The American Jewish world., 1921-02-04
Page Two

VINO To-Day are MAINTAINING WndC Was
the German Empire, those archives
again revealed not the slightest evil
dence Of such conspiracy.
All that simply means that those
who allege the existence of such
conspiracy have not as yet brought
forward any proof of it's existence,
but they have brought forward these
alleged Protocols. Some of you have
read them if you have had the pa
tience, as have had, to do it. have
read them many times; read them in
many moods; read them backwards
and forwards and beginning from the
middle and working back to the front
and then starting in the middle and
working back to the other end, all
with a view of arriving at a clear
Judgment concerning them. And now
let me try to sketch for you, first,
what these Protocols purport to be,
what they purport to show and what
we know concerning their origin.
These Protocols purport to be twenty
four disconnected fragments of a
long report made somewhere about
1896 or 1897, the date not being de-
termined, of a secret conclave of
Jews and Free Masons. I don't
know whether you are aware of the
close kinship of the Free Masons and
the Jews and the Bolsheviks and I
know not what! But this secret con-
clave meets, according to the story,
and this report is signed by num-
ber of thirty third degree Masons:
And then one of these thirty third
degree Masons, evidently not being
protected by Volstead law, went
out to enjoy himself and permitted
a woman who was an adventures to
steal these precious documents which
concern a great conspiracy not apply
ing only to our day but to centuries
past and centuries ahead.
These documents purport to prove
that for a number of centuries past
the Jews have been working solidly
together, every Jew in the world oc-
cupying his proper place in well
organized movement, to bring about
the time when as the Chosen People
the Jews would be able to stand on
the ruins of non-Jewish civilization
and plant the standards of the new
rule of the House of David. For CEN
turies to come, apparently, the pro-
gram was mapped out. In that pro-
gram, which is sketched with more
or less detail, wars are provided for.
According to the statements made in
these Protocols, every great war of
modern times, at any rate, the
Franco-Prussian War, the Russian
japanese War, our own Spanish
American scrap, the great World
War, and the Boer War, and all the
rest, were each part and parcel of
deliberately contrived Jewish con-
spiracy. Not only so, but this con-
spiracy, so farsighted, arranged to
have the international Socialist move
ment created and organized and guild
ed to serve it's purpose. This inter-
national conspiracy Of Jews arranged
for and provided for Bolshevism in
Russia and all that is coming in the
trainso Of Bolshevism. The conspirators
were so shrewd =, that they provided
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-10
Beat Them TO IL

An 1rvlngton man planted several
hills OF bantam sweet corn In an iso-
lated part OF his garden to grow seed
for next year. He remarked 10 n
peighbor woman about the time that
"the blackbirds and sparrows had not
succeeded in finding his seed corn this
year" The second morning after
making this remark he found about
forty %blackbirds, near sunup. busily
%devouring his corn. lie 'shooed'
them away and that evening pulled
nil the ears and put them away for
safe keeping. The next morning he
looked out 10 see whether any black
birds were on hand. Sure enough an
immense flock was sitting on the
ground at the base Of the now barren
stalks looking at each other and
around. The puzzled look on their
"countenanees." he says. was iudi-
crouS In the extreme.-Indlannpoiis
News.