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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
Teach Women to
Handle Burglars
Continued from Pnxo One

Continued from P~eo One
night never wait until the next morn
ing to tell about II. Call Wayne 500.
even II II be In the middle OF the nigr
A policeman ought to be just as much
at the call Of the community as a fire
man. We will be Gad to let you sec
how quickly we can answer your call.
In The very near future we expect
to have not only a night motorcycle
man constantly at beck and call for
emergency. but also q motorcycle man
for the daytime. too. We intend doing
all In our power to make Radnor town .
ship safe for Law. abiding citizens and
unsafe for those who do not abide by
Toils Burglary Methods
The captain described popular meth .
DDS Of robbing banks and homes and
put the women on the alert for sus .
picious characters hanging about the
township. In case anything should
happen he cautioned the women 10 leays
everything in the room Just az Il was
In order that the detectives might be
able to take finger prints to assist In
finding the guilty persons.
A feature Of Captain Sweeney's talk
was his discussion Of the duties and dif I.
icuities Of policemen. II was sienifi .
cant In that Radnor township con .
stable was recently brought into the
limeiight by his alteration with Mr..
and Mrs. Karl +. Knipe at their home,
Chepstow. The constable, who said
Mr.. Knipe resisted arrest for reckless
driving, was dismissed from the force
and was held In court for further hear.
ing.
I'VE have many faithful old mem .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

have weighed 3S6 pounds, not including
the contalner, which must have weigh si
twenty pounds more. if Il were to carry
that amount of gold.
whole Thing Is Rotten
".>nd General Harris seems to have
accepted that statement without dues
tion, He seems to have believed that
man could carry or drag all by him
self 400 pounds Of metal up n noun =
tain side for burial.
"Thc idea IL simply ridiculous!
"And so Il Ia with the rest Of the
The whole thing is rotten. 1t couldn' t
be worse.
II have read nearly oil the way
through this stuff and my blood has
boiled with every sentence OF Il. Can
YOU wonder with such stuff az that
going on that We have radicals in this
country?
Here we are trying TO suppress
their evil work md Mt the same time
planting in their midst the very best
sort of arguments that we have one
law for the rich man and another for
the poor man.
"The only pity Is that we had such
n man ns Thomas i. Blanton, OF
Texas. IN the House eight months ago
when ] wanted to 90 into this affair
when II was fresh in the minds OF
everybody. Mr.. Blanton put the obsta :
cles in the way and he heard from 1t
in his subsequent campaign.
'If We could have Investigated then.
this man Gibboney would have been
available. We could have qnizzed him
and made him. II humanity possible. tell
us how be came to be mixed In this
affair and what he did.
~ have here on my desk letter from
philadelphian who questions the death
If Gibboney. There certainly Is doubt
Is 10 the truth Of the death reports.
''But with Mr.. McAvoy before the
committee I am going to lay the ground
work 20 that the committee can 60 be :
forc the House with something substan- :
tial 70 combat any man, like Mr.. Blan-
ton. who may desire to block this In :
veStigation.
II am intent on cleaning up this mat.
ter and telling the public what is the
matter.
"And so far as l can make II 20,
every session Of the committee Will be
in tho open. The public IL entitled "a
every worG Of evidence in this greatest
scandal that has hlotted the records OF
the United States
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
Says Court Bill
Violates Charter
Continued from PsEe One

Continued from PsEo Ono
members of the charter committee be-
lievc that an opinion should be given
by the city solicitor on Article vi, Sec
ton 3, Of the charter. which says:
The Department OF Public Works
shall have the care. management. ad.
ministration and supervision Of -
the construction. protection, mainte
nance. operation and repair OF public
buildings, bridges and structures o.
every kind for public use.
On proper legal Interpretation OF this
will depend who has the right to spent
the 81 900 900 and other moneys which
may be appropriated for the nunicipa
court. An opinion from the city solici
tor is also urged by councilmen whit
opposed the 81 900 900 grant to tn
court.
A conference between members Of tn
charter committee and City Solicito
| Smyth will be held during the latte
part of the week. II Is believed tina
| Mr.. Smyth will give an opinion on tn
question within a few days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
65 ARE GRADUATED
FROM NORTHEAST HIGH
Exercises Held At School Auditor.
ium Today

Exercises Held At School Auditor.
ium Today
SIXTY. five members Of the gradua atins
class Of the Northeast High School
received their diplomas at the com.
mencement exercises in the school audi.
torium, Eighth street and Lehigh ave.
nue., this afternoon at 2 :45 o'clock.
DR.. George r. Stradling, principal Of
the. school, presented the diplomas,
and the yaledictory was delivered BY
Herbert Henry Kraft. Tho salutatory
was delivered by Harold e. Weinhols.
The alumni medal to the honor grad.
uate Of the class was awarded this
year to John Reid Johnston. The
Alliance Franchise medal went to Carl
Joseph Wenxinger.
The list Of graduates follows:
ACADEMIC COURSE
.on.. Michael wliiism pises' 'Ees Edyars SSrt. i.
Fischer, penJamin Jacobson. soikin Kop,in.
day Rihi. r. Martin Stevenson. nv
MANUAL TRAINING COURSE
.. RaHaolph 4. Abbott, Samuel se--cr ns..
liam Harold poSum' R.nrs ' MspoM.ii lei A ch..,. w't
nut. Charles Cohn. Harry L. Esoif. Charles
T. E,lsperInan. Jseob r.in. John Hsnr,
Reuter- Hessisr. John Reid Josnsson' R,eS.
ara ko,b, William Herman Lampe. Louis
iMsel Leimberg, James Stanley Lyons. no.
Thomas E. McCiemmy. Jr.. Howard Granny
Melcher Bruce Atiee Parker, Edward Francis
Valentine stoy Gustav Tsubcr, Fred Uii.
berg. Jr.. Sampson e. weii. Julius Weiss.
Carl Joseph WenxineeF.
COMMERCIAL COURSE
William J. Ebbeele, Harry v. Richmann'
Morton Loeb Harris. John Swan Lawson.
Hush Joseph McIaushlin. Kari p. Rossberr.
min Sendrow. John NJ. J. Stevens, n, Russe
Stewart. Chnrles II. wsiafo. Harold b. Vein.
holZ. Edward II. Weiss,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

1000 Seek 500 Loaves Of Bran.
Five hundred loaves Of bread -.
given out this morning by the ms,Ss "..e
of a theatre at Tenth and Arch as.' s,..V.
to the necdiest Of a line OF ion, NY
sons which formed outside the bui,dg;s,. g,'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
COMMITTEES RUSH BILLS
House oroups Report Out Measures
OF Varied Importance

Harrisburg, Feb. 9.--Among bills re L.
ported from committees of the House
last night were the following:
Changing the state employees retire
ment act providing for cemetery in
Valley FORGE Park for the burial there .
In Of soldiers, sailors and marines who
died in service; increasing the amour.
Of the state exemption act from $500 "a
5000 In cases where levy Is made be .
cause Of rent due: an act to FIX the
fees TO be allowed the district attorney
In counties Of the third class giving the
Public Service Commission the power
to determine disagreements between
railroad and street railway corporations
as TO crossings and connections and In :
terchange Of service; licensing retail
transient merchants; providing for the
admission Of attorneys to practice be.
fore the Supreme Court 80 that their
certificates of admission may be filed
with the clerk of that court and pre-
scrib!ng the form Of commission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
HUGE MAJOR|T|ES
FOR SMUTS' PARTY
Laborites Suffer Severe Reverse
In South African Elections.
Lose Many Seats
VOTE AGAINST SECESSION
BY the Associated Press

Cape Town. Feb. 0.-Enormous
mnjorities were given the South Afri &.
can party, headed by General Jan
SHUTS. In Durham and Cape Town yes.
'erdnv. while the Labor party suffered
a severe reverse In the Rand district.
In Cape Town the South African party
gained two seats, in Durham three. in
the Rand eight and In East London
one.
The victory Of the party Of the
prime minister is attributed to the fact
that workingmen voted against the Sc
cession issue raised by General Hcrt-
zog, and did not pay much attention
to sectional issues raised by labor
leaders.
Pretoria. Feb. 9.-General SHUTS,
prime minister Of the Union OF South
Africa, was elected to the House Of As.
senbly in the district Of Pretoria west
in the elections held throughout the
union yesterday.
Returns received up until an early
hour today indicated the South African
party, under the leadership Of General
Smuts. had won q victory. There was
some. uncertainty as TO the vote in the
rural districts, but the party seemed
assured Of good working majority In
the assembly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
Kahn Voices Doubt
of GibbOney Death
Continusd fpUrn Page One

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nfy II and prove ho. ond doubt that !
ne was drowned as was reported. Any !
one who he,icres my father is still alive |
Is vlctom Of his own !tnGginadvr.
~ consider this & sons duty 10 his
father unde, the circumstances, md II
Is duty In Which | do not intend TO
fail.
my mothe, and Tad known for a
long dina TINT father contemplated going
TO Mexico sn business, lie did not
want TO 30, but the stockholders Of the
Tropical Products Co. insisted that he
60 TO Mexico and see the properties.
Didn't Want to Go
'fwheu M fathers 0ssoc!ates the
Mark,eys, left for Mexico /. was IN
derstood and agreed upon that my
father should m"e; them NJ Havana ard
accompany them on their TIP. B"f"r"
he lett my futArr expressed very
stror,ly the whh that re did not haT"
10 60.
fecof fnnabe ThIouRa NJ. Morris
have taken steps to have the body
properly prepared :oi shipment u this
country emha.1,-o Y posstb's."
Mr. GlbLoLeS Goes not know the date
when his tArnos b.dy viii ," eS-
humed, or when Il can be expected TO
arrive here.
Ths plan 70, the examination Of th"
body wAs confirmed today by the Ru'
thorities n, Washington The only
stipulation mEa. D: the Mexican Coy
srnment wan thai Il shou.d be sealed in
leao easkeG
Ofntiais AZ WasatuEton said today
II had been generally understood by
those who knew Mr., Gsbb,'ney. soin"
time before tie kerAaLA case came TO
trial, that he planned trip 20 MEXICO
70. Sons OF Nj dibooueys leGnI
fri.nds In Washington nad heard about
this trip ns eatiy as last April They
said that this sact apparently dispose
Of any suspicion nat ne might have
wished 10 disappear bccnus" of th'
BerEdou scandaL
Thomss J. Norris, administrator ot
the Gihhoney estate. made this state
nent TO-DAY to tke Penn Mutual Co.
Mr.. Gibuoncy made the trip 20 the
San Peb,o plIn'ntion al Camprch",
Mexico in accordance with q prom
ise which he made 10 the ST. cklO,d'
ers Of the Tropical Produrts co. Of
which he was the president. This
company aud been In existence about
one year and was ensagvd IN the
production OF heneTuin, Chir!r and
iogwood
Mr.. Gibboncy had promised that
he would make a visit 10 the p.aUia'
tion to make rrIvrt as to tts vS,ue
and possibilities for profitable de-
tVelopineut. Msssrs schriver. MnlL'
ley and youna Msrkle le:t New
York city on n Ward Yme Icamer
on SATURDAY. tb. 18th day o. De-
cemL.r. 1920 ABOUT eSelve hours
before Mr. G!btouey lsrt. nr, Oh.
honey caught nam which ENABLED
MIN 20 arrive IT HAvon some tins
before the WMd Line sl~srsl
reached there. Mr. Gibboncy bonrd
the steamer at that place and !on'
tinued with ihe rest of the party
20 Ptogresso, Mexico.
have IN my Possession lette
written BY Mr.. Gibboney on thi
Ward Line steamer, addressed l.
Mrs.. Gibboney at Cambridge, Mass.
wherein he tells Of the pleasure o
the voyage and states that he wcu',
arr've Proyresso on the follo~in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
Doctors once Robbed

A thief entered the waiting room OF
Or. Ernest G.. Maier, 1928 North
Fifteenth street, last night and while
the doctor was treating a patient left
with q $50 clock, valued as an heirloom
under his arrn. The robbery was re.
ported TO police OF the Nineteenth and
o. ford streets station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

day, the GGth day Of December. ana
that it was his desire and intention
TO leave on the return trip from
Mexico on or about the second or
third day Of January.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
BILL HITS DRUG PEDDLERS
Measure. In House Gives Authority
TO Arrest Suspects on SIaht

Harrisburg, Feb. 9.-The current Of
drug peddlers on sight without the for
mality of a warrant Is provided In n
bill introduced In the House this morn
ing.
Representative Miller, of Dauphin.
sponsored the measure which also pro-
hibits the sale Of opiates to any child
under twelve years and regulates the
sale of caustic acids or alkali prepara.
tions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-11
new NATION FORMED
BY THREE COUNTRIES;
100000 SUBJECTS
(By Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Oct. IL.
A new nation having an approximate
area of 100000 miles and population
of 100000 came into existence Tues
day when the governments of Hondur-
as, Guatemala and Salvador will cease
to function and the Provisional Federal
Council of the Central American
Federation, composed of those coun.
tries, will take charge
The new republic lies between Mex
leo and Nicaragua, with Tegucigalpa
as its capital
The pact of the union was signed
early in January of this year at San
Jose, Costa RIGA. by the three men,
toned states and Costa RIGA, whose
National assembly rejected it later by
q vote of 10 to 90
Nicaragua refused to sign the pact
on account of differences with its
neighbor states about the interpreta-
ton of the Bryan-Chamorro treaty,
which gave to the United States
special right for the construction of a
new interoceanic canal through its
territory.
Public Opinion Divided.
Similar considerations apparently
prevailed in Costa Rica, but in both
countries the public opinion is divided
and a Unionist party is endeavoring to
bring about, some time, the union of
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA to the
federation. If this comes to a fulfill
ment, the population of the new nation
| would be increased by 100000 in
habitants and would extend its bound
airy down to Panama
The union of these sister republics
has been a national aspiration since so
years ago when political troubles de-
stroyed the Federal Republic of Cen
trail America, which, as whole, liber-
! ated itself from the Spanish power in
1921 and maintained its unity until the
forties. They speak the same language.
| Spanish. have the same religion
Roman Catholics, and are Of the same
race, predominantly Indian, except in
Costa RIGA, where the white race pre-
walls. Since the Spanish conquest they
have had identical legislation and the
same culture.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-11
POSTPONE CAMPAIGN
FOR Y. W. c. A, drive

No steps toward Y w. c. A. es-
adjustment here will be taken here
until business conditions warrant it,
which will be for several months, it
became known Tuesday.
Investigation to determine wheth-
or il would be advisable to take steps
toward the organization of Y. w.
c. A. here Immediately has been
under way for several days here. two
representatives of the Y. w. c. A.
central field committee, of Chicago,
working here at the request of the
Women's department OF the Chamber
of Commerce.
Relative to the findings of the in
vestigators, the following statement
was issued Tuesday:
"The Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION is known to many people in
Richmond, who believe that this or
ganization in the community will fill
a vital need among young women and
girls. Awide-spread interest has been
apparent and both men and women
have expressed their interest and faith
and a willingness to work and to
give to make the project reality.
"Such a proposition must have the
support and backing of a very large
part of the community if it is TO be
wholly successful. After carefully
looking over the situation the demand
is found to be such that the organl
zation will be undertaken as soon as
business conditions warrant, and tbs
indications are that this will come
about within a few months"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-11
Earlhan

Earlham's candidates for the Rhodes
scholarships were not chosen at the
faculty meeting Monday afternoon as
was expected. Complete information
on all the candidates was not avail
able. The selections will be announc-
ed next week.
A club to promote fellowship be-
tween students from the south was or
ganized last week. 1t is to be known
as the Dixie" club. Dorothea McWill-
Jams was elected president, and Jesse
Raiford assumed the responsibilities
of secretary-treasurer. There are
about 80 members of the club. A
camp supper is planned for the near
future.
Play has reached the semi-fnals in
the mems fall tennis tournament with
prospects for close encounters in de-
Gliding the winner. Grissom, Hiss, Cox
and Kellum are the men who have sur
vived the play and the remaining
matches will be played the first of
this week.
The annual tug-of-war between the
freshman ana sophomore classes Is De-
ing arranged. II probably will occur
Wednesday, Oct u, at four O'Clock on
the northwest campus, with the fire
hose as the instrument of baptism for
the unlucky class.
According to present plans Wednes-
day will also be Freshman Day.
when the hitherto unseen ears of the
ladies will be exposed to view. The
fresh will be required to appear in
their distinctive garb before breakfast
and also to conduct chapel exercises
Wednesday morning. The tug-of-war
at four o'clock will be governed by
Assistant Coach Higgins as referee,
and by judges appointed from the fac.
ulty and upper-classmen. This contest
is the only supervised scrap between
the two classes during the year All
are able bodied sophomore men and
an equal number of freshmen will par
ticipate. In the contest last year the
class of '23 succeeded in pulling the
present sophomore class through the
stream.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-11
TWO OHIO DECISIONS
UPHELD IN RULINGS
BY SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE Su-
preme court Monday refused to review
proceedings brought against Swift &
Co., and the Northern Refrigeratine
Co., of Toledo, Ohio, which concerns
held that Smith cold storage and the
Valentine antitrust laws of Ohio did
meat products for a period longer than
six months when such products were
in interstate commerce.
The action of the court permits the
two laws to stand.
The Detroit United Railway will be
permitted to continue to collect on its
interurban lines the fare charged un-
der the act of the Legislature in 1919.
as the courts today declined to review
the case, and the decision Of the Su-
preme court of Michigan permitting in
creases will stand.
In the cases of Charles Vincent and
others convicted at Baltimore of viola
tons of the wartime" prohibition law
the sentences imposed will stand, as
the court refused to grant a review
Brought From British Colony
Setting aside of the conviction was
sought on the ground that the sales
of liquor were made after part of
the national prohibition enforcement
law took effect, and that they should
have been prosecuted under the law
The cases attracted wide attention
when Vicenti was brought back by
Federal authorities from Bimini. a
British island off the Florida coast and
the government was compelled to re-
lease him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-11
ONE OUT OF 3 AUTOS
DASH over CROSSINGS
PENNSY TESTS SHOW

In its efforts to prevent grade cross
ing accidents, the Pennsylvania rail-
road recently made test at cross
ing over the Lincoln Highway in
southern Pennsylvania This test,
which was made by member of the
railroads safety first organization,
showed that on the average one in
three automobiles and motorcycles
approached the crossing at reckless
speed.
The crossing selected for the OBJ
servation is 800 feet west of Fort
Loudon station on the South Penn
branch of the Cumberland Valley
division. The view for drivers of au-
tomobiles going west is INSTRUCTED
until they are almost right on the
tracks. For eastbound drivers the
view is somewhat better, but it by no
means affords a clear lookout for ap-
preaching trains.
A stop watch was used by the safety
first observer. He took the numbers
of only those motor vehicles which
approached the crossing at excessive
speed
Between 1880 and $40 p. m. "a lie
ense numbers were noted from the SO
cars which passed over the crossing.
OF the 40 going east, IA, and of the 50
going west, 20 were observed to be
carelessly driven. The average speed
of the "a cars reported was % miles an
hour Three of the machines were
travelling at 80 miles an hour or bet.
ter The lowest speed recorded was
10 miles an hour
Turns His Head.
The driver of motorcycle, when
within 25 feet of the crossing, was OBJ
served to turn his head to converse
with the passenger riding in the side
car.
In accordance with the general pol
icy of the Pennsylvania railroad to
prevent grade crossing accidents, post
cards have been mailed through the
state highway commissioner office to
those owners of the "a vehicles who
live in Pennsylvania. After giving the
place, date and hour of the observa
ton, the postcard reads.
mot in a spirit of criticism, but
rather with the view of conserving
life, it is earnestly requested that you
approach grade crossings with car un
der control and look in both direc
lions before crossing the tracks. Thi!
simple precaution, if practiced by all
would save hundreds of lives in the
United States every year"
The reverse side of the card show:
locomotive running down an automo
bile on a grade crossing. Underneath
the picture is the inscription 1905
deaths and injuries yearly at railroad
| grade crossings in the United States.
A supply of these Safety First
/ cards has been distributed to eacl
divisional superintendent on the Penn
sylvania system for use by person:
| designated to observe careless automo
| bile drivers.