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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
FRANKLIN STATUE
STARTS LAST LAP
srtIett's "Poor Richard" Pro.
ceeds Up River on Trip
to Waterbury ..
TO BE HONORED EN- ROUTE

ro,,owinr tho route taken by BenJa-
IL, Franklin himself on his journey
foam Now England to Philadelphia.
p.,,,o,,'s statue of Poor Richard, y
,,.t;cI hos been in this city during the
,,no dave exercises in Franklin's honor.
~ tbis morning from the Race street
n;sr on another lap of its journey to
"TI Thc statue. drapcd m wreaths and
aowcrs. was put aboard navy yald
nOrgc ot II o'clock. Its next stop will
:" va darlington, y. j.. where IL is cx-
U,oscJ to arrive late this afternoon. a
demonstration has been planned there.
Tho statue il being accompanied on
.. r;yrr tourney by delegation of riti Z.
,n,s and representatives OF the Sons OF
,bc American Revolution. who have
followcd il from Baltimore. The navy
,ng George +. Pierce, with a naval
guard of honor, is escnrt!ng it up the
river. -
ort cautain Of the navy yard, is in
charge Of the statues pilgrimage. j.
gcnry Smythc, j., and Anthony W.
Robinson, representatives OF the Sons
II the American Revolution, are also
with the party. Lieutenant Commander
Clarence Gulbranson is i'll charge Of
ceremonies that will take place on the
.totuc's arrival at Burlington.
n ". Fernbcrger, state vice presi-
dent Of the S. of \. r., together with
raptain Yates Stirling and Commandcr
louis Mccoy Mutton. commandant Of
thc navy yard. attended the departure of
,be statue from the city. During its
,tav mere it reposed in the shadow Of
InderCndorce Hall.
Demonstrations have been planned in
Franklin's honor when II reaches
Princeton and Perth Amhoy. =. On its
arrival at Waterbury cx-Presidcnt Taft
will be the speaker at the exercises. The
statue, made by Paul W. Bartlett, was
bpnncathrd :, the city of Waterbury in
the will " Elisha Leavcnworth. II citi-
zen. II is being driven to Waterbury by
Walter Il. Sturtcvant, Of 2435 North
ElgcwOod avenue. this city.
At the grave Of Franklin, Fifth and
Arch streets. yesterday, Ambassador
Jules JuSserand. from France. renewed
,he pledge VI friendship between the two
great republics whom Franklin served.
The occasion was the commemoration
Of the 131st anniversary Of the death of
The great statesman and author. Judge
Eugene G. Bonniwcll, head Of the Phil
adppnia reception committee, also
made IN address. At the close of these
exercises BERNARD and Alfred Donni-
well, dressed in Colonial costumes, dec
orat~l I'rankiin's tomb with handsome
floral WreathS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
James L. Hall

James l.. Hall, of S73 Wynnewood
road. Overbrook. died yesterday.
Mr.. Hall. editor and publisher of
the Sunday Dispatch. was known
throughout the State as an able writer
on political subjects.
Mr.. Halls death resulted from pne,S
monia, following an illness of three
days. HcHwas fifty eight years old.
The funeral will be conducted at
10 80 o'clock Wednesday morning from
st. Clements Church. Twentieth and
Cherry streets. The intermcnt will be
in Westminster Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
BREASTED MAY HEAD
PHARMACY COLLEGE
President of American Medical
Association Admits He Is
Considering Offer
WOULD SUCCEED FRENCH

Word has been received here that
Rear Admiral William e. Braisted.
president of the American Medical As
sociation, may become the next pres
ident of the Philadelphia College Of
Pharmacy.
Admiral Braisted has admitted. il is
said, he is considering an offer Of tho
presidency. Decision to ask him to
accept the post was made at meeting
of the board Of directors Of the college
last Tuesday.
Admiral Braisted would succeed
Howard u. French. who was defeated
for ELECTION several weeks ago.
Admiral BREASTED has made his home
in Washington since his retirement
from the navy. He has been extremely
active in medical circles. Relief from
the onerous naval duties required of the
surgeon general has given him time
to devote TO the educational movements
in his profession. which have come TO
the fore more than ever in recent years.
The admiral was one Of the attend :
ing physicians at tho White House dur
ing the years 1905 ana 1907 under
President Roosevelt He was made
feet surgeon of the Atlantic fleet on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18

bet they couldn't. and about all they II
get out of the thing is exercise and the
education which goes with travel.
Eddie Kelly is Philadelphia speed
artist and Pennsylvania champion
roller skater. lie is twenty one years
old and weighs 14S pounds. Johnnie
McHale is twenty years old and weighs
1876 pounds, and is amateur roller skat-
ing champion of Pennsylvania.
Hail or no hail. rain or no rain. the
skaters are wearing nothing but khaki
shirts and trousers, leather puttees,
skates and caps.
They carry small army knapsacks
'hitched to their belts. Their general
equipment moved truck driver to re :
mark, Dem guys amt got nuthin' but
speed, d'lrish flag and prayer
After the two skaters had said good by
to their friends, Johnnie remarked ~
Eddie. (Which way do we go?"
Lets go out Walnut street." said
Eddie.
Which they did.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
CRONKH|TE MURDER
INQUIRY ORDERED
Another Dreyfus Case Hinted in
Staying Of American
officer
MYSTERY IN ARMY TRAGEDY

New York, April 1S.--An invcstiga
ton Of the death of Major Acxander i.
Cropkhite. son of Brigadier General
ANalbert Cronkhitc. at Camp Lewis.
Washington. in October, 1918. and the
recent arrests of former Captain Rob
crt Rosenbluth and Sergeant Roland =.
Pothier has been ordered by United
States Attorney General Daughcrty at
the request of United States senator
William NJ. Calder.
The arrest of Captain RosenblutIi and
the transfer of tine investigation to the
state of Washington may result In an.
other Dreyfus case.
II was said that one of the reasons
for the decision TO go into all the de-
tails of the tragedy. was the sudden an
nouncement few days ago that the
bureau of investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice had turned over all its
papers in the case to the officials of
Tacoma, Wash. and apparently was
desirous OF withdrawing from the case.
Pothicr. who was arrested at Provi-
dencc. March IS. by agents Of the De.
partment of Justice, has made five sep
arate confessions that he murdered
Major Cronkhite. according to informa e
tion received Saturday from j. W. Sell
den, prosecutor of Tacoma.
In the last Of the confessions he
haid he had been induced to kill Ma jor
Cronkhitc by Captain Rosenbluth. The
motive for the killing. Mr. Sheldon ad-
mitted, had not been supplied. Captain
Rosenbluth is in this city, released un
der so 200 bail He was detained five
days in the Tombs without a warrant.
according to his own statement. lie
made a complete denial yesterday of
tho charges in Poll hipr's nllcppd con fcs -.
sion.
Captain Rosenbluth =. story brings out
certain circumstances which appear ia
shroud his arrest in mystery. His con o.
tradictions of the latest account re-
ported to have been given by pothier OF
the manner in which Major Cronkhite
was killed varies in all essential de
tails from that of the sergeant. Cap.
tain Rosenbluth was in Washington last
week and demanded fair hearing. ITe
said an agent of the Bureau of Invcsti -
cation had tried to make him admit
that, although he personally was limo
cent, he was trying to shield Pothicr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
WAS IT HOME BREW?
Man Who Yeils Murder Fire,
Police! Disappears Suddenly

Screams Of 'Murderi'' "Fire ~
"Police!" at 2:3O this morning. at
tracted attention of two motorcycle po.
licemen going east on Market street at
Forty seventh. A man without any
coat and disheveled hair came running
up TO the patrolmen and told them that
he h9d heard woman calling for help
In the neighborhood Of Forty sixth and
Market streets.
Residents hearing the mans cries
turned in an alarm at Central Station
and details of police from Che Fifty fifth
and Pine streets station, under Lieutcn-
ant Montgomery, and squad of men
from the Thirty ninth and Lancaster
avenue station investigated. Thorough
search Of the place was made. Nothing.
however. was revealed and when police
cndeavored to find the man who had
heard the screams he was nowhere to
be found.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
Deaths Of a Day
w. w. MONTGOMERY
Lawyer, 76 Years Old, Dies In West
Chester Hospital

Chester Hospital
William W. Montgomery, member
of the bar, died yesterday in the Chester
County Hospital. West Chester, follow
ing an operation. He was seventy six
years old.
For half century Mr.. Montgomery
was u prominent figure among the law
yerS Of Philadelphia. Delaware, Chester
and Montgomery counties.
He studied law in the Office Of the
late Il. Spencer Miller and at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. was admitted
to practice in 1868. and remained in
active practice until few years before
his death. He was known for his
scholarly attainments and was always
actively interested in public affairs and
in the affairs of the Episcopal Church.
He was member of the Phi Kappa
Sigma . Fraternity and of the Merton
Crickeo Club. of which with Maskell
Ewing he was the founder.
He is survived by his widow, Elizabeth
l.. Montgomery. and by eight sons and
three daughters. His children arc Mrs.
Edward B. Halsey, William w. Mont
gomery. Jr., Robert l.. Montgomery,
Archibald II. Montgomery, Jr.. John T..
Montgomery. Richard Il. Montgomery.
Gilbert NJ. Montgomery. Miss Bertha
Montgomery, Miss Margaret Montgom-
cry. Horace B. Montgomery, Jr., and
Sidney Montgomery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
TWO OPHUADELPHLA BOYS
START SKATE TO CHICAGO
Eddie Kelly and Johnny McEale Expect TO Make Trip on
Rollers in Eighteen Days

Philadelphia said Hail and fare
well' this morning to Eddie Kelly and
Johnnie McHalc. off for Chicago on
roller skates. The weather man fur
nished the hail and little group OF
their friends. aided and abctted by
newspaper photographers and the
statutesquc Commodore Barry, furn-
ished the good by stuff
Perhaps you never heard Of Eddie
Kelly and Johnnie McIIalc. That's the
reason they're attempting the journey
overland to Chicago on roller skates.
Eddie and Johnnie got away to II
flying start in hail and rain storm at
o 40 o'clock this morning, whirring
down the sidewalk which leads from
Commodore Barry's statue to Sixth and
Walnut streets.
The"'intrepid gliders skiddcd on the
wet sidewalk, but they pushed steadily
forward and hope to be somewhere in
Delaware before night falls They ex-
pect to reach Chicago by way of the
national pike in eighteen days. No one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
PAVING CONTRACTS LET
Mayor Awards Agreements 70
100000 Improvements


Contracts were awarded today by
Mayor Moore for paving and rcpaving
of city streets, to cost nearly S4OO 900.
The Barber Asphalt Co. was awarded
contracts as follows:
To repave Ridge avenue. Dupont to
Lemonte street. So, 400; FELTON, street.
from Cedar avenue TO Catharinc street.
$4,000: Daggct street, fro mLansdowne
avenue to Haddington street. $500 :;
Front street, from fvyoming avenue to
Courtland street, $4,000; Brown street,
from Forty eighth street to Forty
ninth, SO. 900: Livingston street. from
Westmorcland to Ontario street, $4,000 ;
to repave + street from Westmoreand
to Ontario street. and G street and
Westmorelahd street, from street to
G street, $24 ,175; Twenty second
street, from Lehigh to Allegheny ave-
nue.. S44, 900.
William II. Yetman, Jr., was given
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
Miss Rebecca c. WASHINGTON

Miss Rebccca Crawford Washington,
direct descendant of the Washington
family. Of Virginia. whose male ances =
tor was cousin of General George
Washington, died Saturday at the Clin-
ton, Tenth and Clinton streets. She
was eighty -one years old.
Miss Washington was tho daughter
of the late Reade Macon Washington
and Elizabeth Crawford Washington.
One of the recollectiOns of her father
was the distinction of having been
fondled on the knees of General Wash
ington at Mount Vernon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
MAN SHOT, IN QUARREL

Robert Tyson. twenty five years old,
n Negro. Of Haines street near Bayn-
ton street. is in the Germantown Hos
pital with bullet wound in his leg
which he is alleged to have received in
an alteration with John Alfred, thirty;
eight years old. also a Negro, Of 326
West Penn street. Alfred was held In
$1,000 bail by Magistrate Pennock this
morning in the Germantown avenue
police station. He will have Il further
hearing April %.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
Temple Class Holds Banquet

The Junior class Of tho Pharmacy
School Of Temple University will hold
banquet at the Adelphia Hotel tomor7
row night. About sixty five members
Of tho class will attend. John X.
Minchart. dean of the Pharmacy
School. will be one of the speakers
and other faculty !mcmbers will attend i
Samuel Goldstein, president of the
Junior class, wilp act as toastmaster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
NAB THIRD, MURDER SUSPECT
Man Arrested In South In Connection
With John Dalton Shooting

John Austin, the third Negro wanted
for the murder of John Dalton in
Sharon Hill last July. has been ar
rested in the South and turned over to
the police in this city. He is at present
being held in the Thirty secand street
and Woodland avenue station. where it
is said he has confessed. He will be
delivered TO the Delaware county au-
thOrities.
Walter 4. Lewis has already been
convicted Of first degree murder and
Roanoke Jasper has confessed to having
been an accomplice in the shooting
Austin was the only one of the three
hghwaymen still at large.
John Dalton was former service
man and son Of DR.. David Dalton. He
was shot and killed within two squares
of his home during duel with three
Negroes who tried to hold him up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
BREAKS NECK IN FALL, DIES
q. A. r. Member Trips on Carpet
and Topples Down Stairs

Tripping on strip of carpet as he
was descending the stairs of room
ing house at 800 York avenue ycster-
dar, Henry Fellows. seventy seven
Years old, Civil War veteran. fell and
broke his neck. Police of the Third
street and Fairmount avenue station
rnsnGd him to the Roosevelt Hospital,
hut he died before arriving there.
Police are trying to get in touch with
sister OF the man, who is supposed to
ave In Hartford. Conn. He was a
barber by trade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
HONOR MRS. GORMAN
Municipal Court Sessions Suspended
as Tribute to Judae,s Mother

All sessions Of the Municipal Court
were ordered suspended today by Pres
ident Judge Brown as a tribute to the
memory Of Mrs. Richard German,
mother of Judge German, OF The Mu-
nicipal Court.
Mrs. German died last Thursday mt
the age of 102 years. She was buried
today from A3O7 North Nineteenth
street, the nome Of Richard r. German,
another SON..
The suspension of court business held
up hearings Of thirty three boys who
were to- be arraigned today in the ju-
ycnilc branch. The boys will be kept
in the House Of Detention until tomor-
row.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18
$1,000 LEFT TO TWO HOMES
sequests Made From s4e,sso Estate
OF Bertha A. Slnkier

The Lutheran Orphans Home In
Mount Airy. benefits TO the amount Of
$4,000, and the Home for Aged Women
at Burlington, y. j., will receive
$4,000, in the adjudication of the
estate Of Bertha 4. Wipklcr, late of
Springfield Township. The estate is
valued at SAC. 800. and after the S11 900
is paid the two institutions the balance
Is divided among relatives.
Other estates adjudicatcd include /;
William T.. Waters, late Of Chelten-
ham. 500, ,654 ~. devised to the family {;
Tacic W. Matber. of Abingdon. S11, :
347.O2, divided between two daughters,
and Luella II. Comfy, of Jcnkintown,
SS373.32.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18

July ] 1912, serving two years, and
surgeon general and genera lin chief OF
the bureau of medicine and surgery In
February of 1914.
Prior TO this appointment the ad.
miral had had long and honorable naval
service. lie Autcrrd the navy ms an
assistant surgeon September ~. $500.
after two years of civilian practice at
Detroit and some civilian hospital
practice. lie became in turn surgeon
and medical inspector In 1913.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18

the contract to rcpavc Grays Ferry ave
nuc from Federal to Thirty sixth street,
$72 900.
Michael J. McCrudden was awarded
a contract to repave Germantown ave-
nuc from Erie to Hunting Park avenue,
500, $50.
The Eastern Paving Co. will repavc
Germantown avenue. from Berkley to
Penn street. for SSS. 600.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-01-29

]rk ~ %-& ~ * 4& Xxx Xxx +& n
Miss Oneita Ortte spent the week
end in St. Martinville.
Miss Cora LeBourgois is the guest
of Miss Gussie Brown.
Miss Helena VOORHEES, of Opelousas
is the guest Of Mrs. Frank Daute-
rive.
Miss Laurence Broussard is visit
ing in New Orleans the guest of Mrs.
Reuben Mayronne.
666 Cures Bilious Fever.
Mrs. L. G. Porter and children
and Mr.. and Mrs F. J. Dauterive
motored to Loreauville on Thursday
| afternoon.
Mrs. Memstas and little daughter,
Eifreda, returned home Monday after
spending a few days with friends in
Crowley.
Mrs. Louis Valet, accompanied by
Mrs. Louise Hine and Miss Cora La
bache, motored to Opelousas Sunday
Mrs. II. S. Sealy entertained the
Bridge Club Tuesday. Mrs. Homer
Dupre won the prize.
just what you want in the Hard
ware line, at prices to please your
pocket book.
If. BERTRAND LUMBER co.
Miss Dorothy Mitchell after spend
ing several weeks with friends left
for New Orleans Wednesday.
Miss Marie Estorge Of Opelousas
is the guest Of the Misses Estorge of
East End.
Mr.. Leonard Barrow is enjoying
the cold weather in New York.
Mrs. Monroe Morris of Baton
Rouge returned home Monday after
spending few days with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Romero.
BOURG & BOURG - Expert
cleaners and pressers. West Main.
Phone 1858.
Mr.. and Mrs. George George of
New Orleans spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dagire.
Mesdames John Taylor, E. H. Du-
pre-, Fritz Dietlein, E. P. Roy, Leon
ard Barrow agreed that the weather
was ideal for motoring. A pleasant
ride to Lafayette was the result.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Viator have
from New Orleans and are
at home to their friends at the Hotel
Barrow
SIX PER CENT. INTEREST, on
it's Paid Up Stock, will be paid byl
Iberia Building Association beginning
January First, 1921. 1
Mr.. Harry Sutherlin of New Orl-
cans spent few days at the home
Of Mrs. Vic Aubry this week. i
Mrs. A. A. Drouette and children
left last Friday for Port Arthur, Tex.
to join Mr. Drouette. They will make
their home there in the future.
Mr.. Eugene Guillot who is doing
some big construction work in Laf-
ayette, came in to New iberia for the
day Tuesday.
Mr.. A. A. Crouchet Of Lafayette
was here Wednesday visiting his old
friends.
Mr.. Leonce Theriot and Clarence
Delcambre went to Patterson on Tn
lrsday.
Break your Cold or La-Grippe with
i few doses of 6ee.
Miss Ruth Rand returned to Lafa- |
yette Sunday, after spending a few
days at home, to resume her studies
at the Industrial.
Mrs. L. C. Michel went to New
Orleans Sunday to spend few days.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-01-29
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PERSONALS AND LOCALS

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/ Mr. and Mrs. James P. Buquor Of
Lafayette motored over Monday ano
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jno
Buquor
Mr. and Mrs. M Y. Moore, Mrs
Chase and Mr.. Joe VOORHEES, of La.
fayette motored over to New Iberia
Tuesday.
666 cures Headaches, Billiousness
Loss of Appetite, or that tired aching
feeling, due to Malaria or Colds. Fine
Tonic.
Mr.. John T. Keller of New Orleans
returned to his home Sunday after 6
i visit here with relatives.
/ Mr.. Louis Laughlin of Boston, Mass
achusetts, arrived here last Friday
to spend a month with his mother
Mrs. Ed. Pfister.
Miss Noemie Kelly of Houston
returned home last week after several
weeks visit here with her aunt Mrs
Ed Pfister.
RUB-MY-TISM Antiseptic
Relieves Rheumatism, Sprains, Neu-
rslgia, etc.
Mr.. Edward Kraemer returned on
Sunday after a visit of several days
| in New Orleans.
Orleans on Wednesday where she ex-
poets to visit relatives for several
weeks.
Mr.. Joe Hanley went to Lafayette
last Friday where he will undergo an
operation.
Miss Agnes Nereaux has returned
from a several days visit with rela-
tives in st. Martinville.
Regular Express Service, New Ibe-
ria to Franklin, every Wednesday.
Theo Carrot, Drayage and General
Hauling-Phone 351.
Mrs. Marc j. Derouen and children
left for Patterson Thursday morning
where Mr.. Derouen is employed in
bank. Their household goods were
shipped to that town on Wednesday.
Miss Eva Landry returned from
visit with relatives in Texas on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clet Girard and sons
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alcee Girard were
visitors in Loreauville on Wednesday.
Mr.. H. o. Miller went to New Or
leans Friday for few days combined
pleasure and business trip.
Mrs. Clet Girard and sons and Miss
Ada Renoudet motored to Grand Cot
eau last Sunday.
666 cures by removing the cause.
Mrs. Hanley and Miss Hanley were
in Lafayette part of this week where
they had taken Mr.. Joe Hanley to be
operated on.
Misses jeanette and Lily Riviere,
Miss Marie Gates, Vivian Messenger,
Mr.. George Riviere and Warren Mes
tayer motored to Erath Tuesday night
for party.
Mr.. r. Pecou of Jeanerette was a
business visitor here Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Gould spent last week
end with relatives in Rayne.
Mr.. William Lourd of Lady of the
Lake Plantation spent last Sunday
in New Iberia, the guest of friends.
For Hardware Of all kinds you can
save money by coming to our well
stocked Store.
If. BERTRAND LUMBER co.
Mrs. Henry j. Broussard has re-
turned from a visit to relatives in
New Orleans.
Mr.. Alfred Lewald made a bust
ness trip to New Orleans this week.