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The Washington times., 1921-02-21
Fiuure on Collins.

1.-TWO Gun Rip" Collins, the young
Yankee pitcher. is believed to have a
Great future in the big show. Among
hose booming him Is Clark Griffith
who says that Collins should be a
OCULAR this year.
The Washington times., 1921-02-21
Team Is Organized.

The income tax unit OF the Treas
ury Department has organized a
basketball team and would play Dis
trict teams. Martin +. Skolink. eO2
Tenth street northeast, Is manager.
The Washington times., 1921-02-21
Will Take on ARMY.

Seventeen pitchers will be in the
party OF 80 players going to Monroe,
La, with the Kansas City squad. Big
league stun.
The Washington times., 1921-02-21
t Favote Over ConroyColeges Close Basketball Campaigns
ALONG THE
SPORTTRAH
BIZ GEO. E. PHAIRs

II have played ball fifteen years,
and know players thoroughly" says
Ty Cobb. Whereupon he does away
with skull practice.
Mr.. Colo harbors the old fashion
cd idea that ball games are toon IN
the ball yard.
Earle NeaIe, who refuses TO play
with the Phillies. is one OF the few
ball players who object TO a lower
berth.
speculation. but reports from Havana indi-
cate that Currency is going fast.
Down In Florida they are seeing
sea serpents by the seashore. Or
rather, one suspects they are shee.
ing she serpents by the seashore.
1T CAN'T he DID.
The koopskirt, fashion Experts say.
IL coming back again.
Imagination fniis me rs ] try. but
try In ssin.
To reconcile n koopskirt and an
elevated train
There is much talk about a gent
who threatens to cross the ocean in
a thirty-two-ton sailboat. And yet
when we look back into history, the
feat proposed by the aforementioned
gent is faded to a pallid whisper.
There was the Mayflower, for in
stance. 1t never weighed much more
than thirty-two tons, ringside, and
yet it skidded nimbly across the
bounding pillows with at least 100,-
900 passengers aboard, to say moth,
ing Of 10000 carloads of secondhand
furniture. Where, as Miles Standish
asked John Alden, do they get that
noise?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
SPECIAL FERRIES
FOR AUTOS URGED
Club Officials See Way to Avert
Triffic Congestion They
Call "DepIorable"
MONEY WASTE CLAIMED

Suggestions were made today by Off :
cials of two automobile clubs that spe-
cial ferries be introduced to carry auto
mobiles back and forth across the Della :
ware River between Philadelphia and
Camden to avert traffic congestion at
the ferry houses.
Conditions are deplorable at the
Market street ferries,' said Eugene
Hogel. secretary Of the Automobile Club
of Philadelphia. 'On summer holidays
motorists must wait from three quarters
of an hour to two hours before they are
able to get their cars on the ferry.
1.-THE best way to remedy this conges-
ton is to install one or possibly two
vehicle ferries like the ones used on
the Hudson River. These boats are
used exclusively for motorcars and are
capable Of handling nearly twice as
many automobiles as the ones now in
operation at the Market street ferries:
which take passengers, freight and
motorcars."
J. Maxwell Smith, secretary Of the
Keystone Automobile Club, takes the
same stand as Mr.. Hogel.
"With the increased number of auto
mobiles now in use, especially pleasure
cars, the owners Of which are turning
their minds more and more toward
touring, It is essential that something
radical be done to ease conditions at the
ferries" he said.
Both on the Camden and Philadel-
phia side of the Delaware River motor
cars lined up for several blocks are
filled with pleasure seekers returning
from a week end at the shore.
''It seems Incredible that Philadel :
phia should be 80 far behind in the
handling Of vehicular traffic along the
river front"
Charles A. Grier, superintendent OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad ferries at
Camden, says that ferries which handle
automobile traffic only would be waste
of money.
"The cost of vehicular ferry such
az is used on the Hudson River costs
approximately $500 ,000," he said. Nc
doubt ferry of this type would come
In handy under the conditions which we
are placed in during holiday rush, bu,
what would become Of these boats dur
ing the winter?"
"At present we are handling five
hundred and fifty moor, cars an hour
each Sunday night and when we have
the two extra ferries and slips, upon
which bids are now open, we will bt
abe to care for more than six hundred
and seventy five automobiles in ths
course of an hour"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05

pihans. were rescued near the Ocean
pier. They are Miss Veronica Feehan,
2O67 Somerset street; James Sterling,
1895 North Nineteenth street; Carl
Brown, George Thomas, all OF the
Quaker City, and Joseph Spiessi.
Wildwood.
Going into the sea with an inner
tube, Madeline Smith and Jeannette
Roach. each fourteen years old, OF Rcx-
borough. nearly lost their lives at Ocean
City yesterday. They were a half mile
out when they slipped from the tube,
but managed to grasp IL as they were
being carried out by the heavy sea.
Lifeguards brought them back In Q
boat and they were revived at the
Emergency Hospital.
Thomas Gleason, 5027 Ludlow street,
Philadelphia, was seized with cramps In
the legs while in the surf mt Twenty
fourth street, Ocean City. He was
saved by other bathers. He suffered
from shock.
While close to 20O, 900 batthers frol-
icked in the surf from early morning
until late last evening, but two rescuss
were reported by the beach patrol, at
Atlantic City. There was a calm sea
with total lack Of currents.
Miss Katherine Voelker and John
Dean, both Philadelphians, became ex-
kausted while swimming beyond the
| line Of the breakers at the foot OF Con-
necticut avenue this afternoon. They
called for assistance and Guards McKim
and Irelan brought them ashore In q
surf boat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
HERO OF CHATEAU-THIERRY
lafayette A. r. Llehetti, Jr., to Be
Buried Tomorrow

The body of Lafayette A. r.
ichetti, Jr., who lost his life during
be fighting at Chateau Thierry. has
rtved at his home IN Highland Park
nd will be buried from his home, 80
tdar lane, tomorrow morning.
Although but twenty one years old
Fhen he died, the young soldiers ca
er had been one Of heroism. En-
listing in the National Guard in 1914,
b saw service on the Mexican border.
With the entry of this country into
be World War he enlisted and was
everely wounded by the explosion of n
bAchine gun at the training campo Mt
lamp Hancock. Four weeks later,
Fhile still convalesccnt, ne, went over
cas- with the Keystone Division, re-
eiving fatal injury during an enemy
)irpane attack in June, 1918.
The funeral will be held with high
pass Of requiem in st. Laurence Cath
Pfc Church, Highland Park, at o
,cock. lntermcnt will be made In
Holy Cross Cemetery
Members of the American Legion and
Veterans Of Foreign Wars will take
part in the services. The dead boy is
|urvived by his father, three sisters and
Two brothers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
SEEKS TO REGAIN CONTROL
City VIII Contest Claim Of U. s.
Engineers Department

The notification to the Philadelphia
Chamber Of Commerce by the United
States Engineers Department of its in
tention to retain control of the Della :
ware and Schuylkill Rivers, instead OF
returning the control to the Board OF
Commissioners of Navigation, as at the
start Of the war, will be the subject OF
action by the Harbor and Navigation
Committee Of that body Thursday
afternoon.
General Secretary N. B. Kelly, OF
the Chamber of Commerce. yesterday
80 notified the members Of this meeting,
the first of the fall season. Joseph +.
Hasskarl, former Director of the De
partment of Wharves, Docks and Fer
ries, il chairman of the committee, and
the other members are G. c. f. Bent,
William r. Bernard, F. s. Groves,
John w. Liberton, Howard NJ. Long,
Harvey G. Miller, Walter T. Moore,
G. B. Munshower, Joseph N. Pew, Jr.,
w. w. Robinson, Wilfred Fl. Schefi
and President Alba Is. Johnson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
BATHERS RESCUED
:. BY HUMAN CHAIN
Six PhiIadelphians Saved From
Drowning at Wildwood
Beach
2 SAVED AT ATLANTIC CITY

Mr.. and Mrs Albert J. Morgan, 1895
Lawrence street, had narrow escape
from drowning yesterday afternoon
while bathing in the ocean at the foot
Of Pine avenue, Wildw ood, n. J. Mrs.
Morgan, whose condition was the more
serious Of. the two. was resuscitated at
the Emergency Hospital. She was
taken there at the request Of the physi-
clan at the Beach Hospital.
The couple were swimming beyond
their depth and called for help. A
beach guard swan out With can buoy.
Men and women bathers formed a hu-
man chain and assisted the guard and
the hospital staff to bring the couple in.
The Morgans were married two
months ago.
Mrs. Anna May Moebius. 1914 North
Howard street, sprained her ankle
while bathing near the Atlantic Pier.
She was taken to the Emergency Hos
pital.
Five persons, four of them Philadel-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
ABILITY AS BANTERER WINS
FATHER OF 13 PAIR OF SHOES
Patrick Kennedy 2406 Waver Street, Is Breaking in Ne'O
"Kicks" Ouer Holiday

Modesty is the prevailing feature In
the household Of Patrick J. Kennedy,
who has become overnight something
Of hero in the eyes Of Mrs. Patrick
J. Kennedy and thirteen younger Ken
nedys.
Mr.. Kennedy lives at 2406 Wayerly
street, and he is spending the holiday
breaking in a pair Of shining, black.
high shoes which are his most-prized
asset.
The story connected with the shoes Is
this:
Patrick Kennedy is employed by the
American Railway Express Company,
at 4S17 Chestnut street. His vocation
is that Of q mechanic. a trade which he
has piled for many years.
His avocation Is exchanging OF wit
and humor with his co-workers In the
express Office. At that. he Is acknnwl :
edged to be a master born, and 1t Is
rarely, IL ever, that they can get the
better Of him In the rapier-like fool
ing. ,,.
serted once again, Is hero II ever a
man deserved that term, does admit his
ability in bantering with his fellow en-
ployes.
IT can take them on separately or
all at once" he declares. smiling
broadly, land like to do 1t. too
Wins Popularity Contest
This week the Importance of his
dashins tongue became apparent.
Patrick Kennedy won, much to his owl,
surprise, a popularity contest conducted
by a shoe company in the express Of
fec.
ITO what do you attribute your, VIC
tory?' Patrick Kennedy was asked.
"Oh. that l could not say was
his first reply, but later he admitted
modestly that he thought his gift at
blarney and his "fooling matches
with his co workers had won him the
nair o{ shoes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
HIGHWAYMEN KILL SAILOR
Companion Injured nj Fight with
SUPPOSED "FrIends"

Miles Mcmillan. third mate OF the
Y. s. 8. B. steamship Manassas, now
at Hog Island, was killed and Thorleln
Gunderson, assistant engineer. was m
jured when they were attacked and rob-
bed at Ninth street and Girard avenue
early yesterday morning.
The men who attacked them and beat
Mcmillan over the hei with milk
bottle had previously offered to show
them the city.
hundred dollars after leaving the sea
men living on the street. Mcmillan died
at the Children's Homeopathic Hospital
John Martin, Hutchinson street near
Thompson, was arrested last night near
Twelfth and Thompson streets on sus-
picion Of having been one Of tho at
tackers. He was held without bail to-
day by Magistrate Renshaw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
BURIED CANNON PULLED UP
Relic Uncovered at Delaware Avenue
and Arch Street

An old cannon, evidently Of the revo-
lutionary period, was dug up by work
men Of the Philadelphia Electric Com
pany, at Delaware avenue and Arch
street, yesterday morning. The cannon
was found Saturday, buried just below
the level of the street, mouth upward.
Efforts to draw 1t loose were unsuccess-
full until yesterday, when the earth was
dug from around it, and Ave ton truck
was hitched to the gun. After tugging
for an hour, the cannon was pulled to
the street.
1t proved to be smooth bore, four
inch piece, over nine feet in length,
and weighed at least ton. The gun
was muzzle loader, and was 30 in
crusted- with rust that no name or
marking could be distinguished on it.
The cannon was not attached to any
base, and its upright position seemed
to indicate that 1t had been set in the
ground as u post for fastening ships,
as it was not far from the river, and
the water line used to be much further
In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
LEAGUE TO |NDORSE'
WOMAN FOR JUDGE.
Miss Katherine K. Foster to Get
Official Backing Of Inde-
pendents
REGISTRATION DRIVE ON

Miss Katherine X. foster, District
Attorney Rotan's confidential clerk,
will receive the Endorsement Of the
Voters League for Magistrate, 1t was
learned authoritatively today.
The official announcement is expected
from league headquarters in few days.
Miss Foster will have the backing OF
the Women's Republican Committee,
under the leadership of Mrs. b. Dobt
son Altemus. The women hope to con-
centrate in her behalf the entire women's
vote of the city, so that she may be
assured of one of the nominations.
Miss Foster does not expect support
from the Ware ''fifty fifty" combine,
however. The regulars" have refused
thus far to indorse any woman candi-
date.
The Voters League was busy as usual
today, in spite Of the holiday. In
contrast to combine headquarters,
where most Of the leaders were miss
ing, the leagues offices were crowded.
Leaders of the Independent element are
doing their utmost to get heavy regis
tration tomorrow. the second registra-
ton day.
Vigorous calls for heavy registra-
ton tomorrow will mari the opening
campaign rally Of the Voters League at
n meeting tonight Of the Twenty eighth
Ward Republican Club, 2341 North
Twenty second street.
Tonight the candidates of the League
will sound their battle cries. Men and
women of the Twenty eighth and ad-
joining wards have been invited to hear
the candidates on the stump for the
first time in the fight against the Com
Zine. Addresses will be made by. Colonel
George E. Kemp, candidate for he-
ceiver Of Taxes; Arthur q. Graham.
for City Treasurer; Edwin Wolf for
City Controller; V. Frank Gaole Tor
Register Of Wills: Franklin spencer
Edmonds, chairman of the POLITICAL Ac-
ton Committee, and Mrs. FRANK Miles
Day.
Big Meeting Wednesday
The full power of the Voters League
will be placed behind the anti ware
candidates for county and magisterla!
Offices at a meeting of all members OF
that body Wednesday afternoon.
From that time on to the day OF the
primary, December 90. the voters
League will conduct hot campaign
against the combine forces. i
The call for Wednesday, meeting is
signed by Mr.. Edmonds, and Mrs. Day.
The call follows:
your presence is requested at a
meeting Of the Voters League to be
held at the headquarters, 224 South
Broad street, Wednesday afternoon,
September 7, at 3 40 o'clock.
| "Your formal Endorsement will then
be asked for the nominations approved
by your Committee on Political Action
for the county Offices and for the bench
and magistracy. These nominations viii
be on the primary ballot of Septem Der
20. and there is but very short time
to advocate their election.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Three Day Reunion Of Independent
Americans Here

The eighteenth annual convention Of
the Order of Independent Americans be.
gan here today with speakers of national
prominence scheduled to address tho
meetings The convention will continue
until Wednesday.
A feature Of the convention will be
n parade to be held tomorrow evening,
when 10000 members of the order will
march from Broad and Diamond streets
to Broad and Pine streets, passing in
review before Governor Sproul, Mayor
Moore and other high officials. Dele
CATIONS from Pittsburgh and Allegheny
Counties, Harrisburg, Lancaster, York.
Pottsville, Reading, Pottstown, Allen
town, Phoenixville, Norristown, Con-
shohocken, West Chester and Chester
will take part in the demonstration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
THREE
I[ADHEROES TODAY
h.,orate Military Arrange
for Corporal J. J. coch'
,an. s21s Master Street
Euo FUNERALS TOMORROW

,o,diers Of this city WHO fought
ia,'t ' Stars and Stripes in France are
=. ~ hurled today with full military
hs 0aI,tD and the funerals of two others
N u' take place tomorrow.
,uneral of Corporal james =.
ius ,,, was held at his home, b21s
em street, at 0:30 o'clock this
sster So,emn requiem mass was
Pcrning.a at 81, Grcgory's Church at
4 O'clock. Burial was In holy of'''
eI,, eTIo,rooral Cochran was Nkilled IN IN
op Oo,pIl Iuly o, 1918. after having maze
rans,,lsnt ran.s record as a soldier. u,
y ,e1 suneral was attended by the
Ine lanes ]. Cochran Post, No.
oIpo,s Va,erons of Foreign Wars. Ma
anal War Mothers and representatives
yI" .sveral other organizations.
Tss S funeral Of Private Raymond d.
In I'M who was only eighteen years
/ nr mben he met death in France June
,oiS was held at the home OF MS
,auts % 2IS Hermitage street, Mana
,nb % st $3.50 o'clock. -
'p", 'pp"a,,rssentatives Of the Thomas Emery
..t HOLY Name Society and Blessed
FIss,r y.s,, Mary Sodality and the Ma
ANAL War Mothers attended.
Solemn requiem mass -ras celebrated
tbs Church of the Holy Family,
,r,b & Manayunk. Mr.. Cahill was
".,od i IN Westminster Cemetery.
rornoral Thomas Murphy, Company
S1stb Infantry, was buried from
= rssidence of his parents, 1905 Wal l.
40 street, The funeral took place al
40 o'clock. Solemn high mass OF
|,ouiem was celebrated at st. Agatha S
Ehurch Interment was in Holy Cross
Cemetery.
CORPORAL Murphy was the son OF
,mes and Catherine Murphy. He wa;
illed in action in France on September
a 1918. The funeral was attended
n the r.. Il. Greeley Post No. 81
Ind representatives of other organiza
lions. =.
tekert Merkle, 37th Aerial Squadron,
Ebo was killed in France November II
i917, will take place tomorrow from
|he chapel of Andrew ]. Bair & Sor
ID 2 o'clock.
Sergeant Alfred Stevenson who was
killed in France on August 10, 1918
|rill be buried tomorrow from, the home
u bis father. In law, II. G. Valentine
Llnwood Heights. Interment will bt
m Chester Rural Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05

As he talked various members Of the
Kennedy family, ranging from abou;
six years to thirteen, grouped around
their father and examined the visitor
with contemplative interest. Right here
Patrick Kennedy's modesty cropped up
again.
Doesn't the hifh cost Of living
worry you?" he was asked.
1T sure does. sir. I'll say that"
''But you evidently didn't Let 1t
worry you" was the hesitating re-
mark, as the visitors eye rested on
one and another of the younger genera
tion OF Kennedys.
Right here Father Kennedy made one
of those profound remarks which man
makes only once or twice in lifetime.
He looked down at the younger gener-
alton of Kennedys and said with kind
Of philosophical whimsicality:
'"They come under cost sir; that's
q fact"
1t was a technical business express
sion, but It's meaning was clear. No
body could say thirteen children were,
commercially speaking, IAN asset or
"revenue. Patrick Kennedy's face
relaxed into smile.
One Boy in Aviation
"But they're fine youngsters" he
said. "And one of my older boys is in
the aviation out at Kelly Field, Texas,
and served through the war. like the
good lad he Is. My eldest is in Ireland
he's six foot two-and others have
left the home nest and begun to scatter.
80 after all, the high cost of living
and all these other things they talk
about don't bother me so much. I'm
happy in my work and they seem to
like me there, which is pleasing to me,
and at home I have a fine big family
who are growing up around me and
making names for themselves.
WWhu shouldn't l be hapnY2o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
SAYS HE'S BOOTS" FRIEND
Man Admits He Is WANTED" In Sew.
eraI Cities

James p. Sullivan, who said he came
here recently to find Boots" Rogers,
who gained notoriety in the Peirce mur-
der case, surrendered to the police OF
the Twelfth and Pine streets station
last night.
Sullivan told House Sergeant Nc
Gowan he Is wanted in Chicago and
Cleveland for robberies and that he also
is wanted in Baltimore for wife de-
sertion.
Sullivan. who is twenty years old,
said he knew Boots" in Baltimore
about two years ago and that he had
heard she came to this city. Soon after
his arrival here, he said, he learned Of
the Peirce murder and of the young
woman's detention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
WOMAN DIES FROM GAS

Last Thursday Robert Davis, a child,
found his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Davis,
thirty five years old, lying unconscious
on the floor Of tho hair dressing estab-
lishment which she conducted on Fifty
second street below Catharine. She was
removed to the Misericordia Hospital,
where she died early yesterday morn
ing from the effect of gas poisoning.
Police investigation showed that a
hose had slipped from a gas connection
IN Mrs. Davis shop and enough gas
had escaped to make the woman uncon- :
scious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
BIG BLAZE ON DUMP
Believe Children Started Fire Which
FrIqhtened Householders Nearby

For three hours firemen fought a
blaze thought to have been started by
children playing with matches which
broke out at the dumping ground south
Of Oregon avenue near Front street
yesterday afternoon and soon spread
over wide area.
Persons in the houses on Oregon
avenue, became alarmed and fire ap-
paratus was called There was little
danger of the houses taking fire, but
the odor and smoke caused temporary
discomfort to persons living in the
neighborhood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
NO MAIL DELIVERIES
Labor Day to Be Observed as HoII.
dav at PHILADELPHIA Postofflco

Labor Day will be observed as a
holiday at the Philadelphia Postoffice.
All sub stations will be open for the
sale Of stamps, transaction of money
order and registry business. etc.. until
10 A. NJ. eastern standard time).
No delivery of mail will be made by
foot delivery carrier. However, there
will be one delivery of perishable parcel
post matter. Collections will be made
to the best interests of the service the
dispatch Of mails viii be as usual. The
stamp window will be open from 0 A.
NJ until p NJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
HOlD-UP NETS S14

Joseph Kaster, 3016 South Seventy
ninth Street, was held up and robbed
on Woodland avenue between Seventy
second and Seventy third streets while
On his way home early Sunday morn
ing. His assailants, two roughly dressed
youths, covered him with revolvers and
took $14 in cash and gold watch and
chain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
BYRON KRUMRINE DROWNED
harrisburg Newspaperman Was
Commissioner Foust's Nephew

Byron +. Krumrine, a newspaper
pan, OF Harrisburg. was drowned yes
srday near Millheim Station. Center
ounty, He recently took a news
paper position in this city and was to
ave come here next week,
ne was twenty-four years old. n
nember OF the American Legion. and
s q nephew of James Foust, State
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-05
rollCE TRAINING TO BEGIN
an OF Ellelbles In New Jersev Al.
ready In Camp

geOt anP Edwards, Sea Girt. N l.
hmjnotiomn Men whose preliminary ex'
hlanoa hlatlohs have made them eligible for
see praos IN the New Jersey STATE noIica
mu,Ihiz,stlon today began tbrss
khs khHsns s.s period of intensive train;ns 'eo on
Saate encampment reservation bsra 20
pbn uSe S night ninety two of the III M
mOba.ie m~J nave already been accented far IN Nc.
csUOUU"anonary training time were ~, mndae Tue
Peeteu here today. nFe ex-