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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
WILLIAM BRADBURY
Mi, Owner, Clubman and Church.
man Succumbs to Long Illness

William Bradbury, retired manufac.
turcy. died yesterday at his home, 64"o
Emlcn street. Germantown. lie was
sixty seven years old and had been Ill
since August. Until ten years ago
Mr.. Bradbury was in active control OF
the Dalkeith Mills ut Nicetown. After
he retired he retained ownership of the
mill property.
Mr. bradbury was member Of the
Academy of the Fine Arts and was n
patron of art of some note. He was
also member of the Manufacturers
Club.
The funeral services will take place
Saturday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at
the bradbury home, with the Key: Mr.,
Harvey Lee. pastor Of the Second Pres
bytcrian Church. officiating. Mr.. Brad
bury was deacon of this church for
twcnty-spvcn years. Burial will bt
made in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
MIR. bradbury IS survived by n
widow. Mrs, Mary Bradbury, and tive
daughters. Mrs. Loys Cleavcr. of Pitts
burgh, and Mrs. Charles Robinson, OF
Germantown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
DEATHS

S&a5|E SaSHf1 Rs1a,Ss, g" ssS s1shS
bis late residence, s637 ovsrbrook ave. In.
pdSSRhh4 tnec Ba.n g. wits MaRSAfaT e. JET
invited e funeral Saturday. 5 40 4: NJ, from
requiem mass at Church OF the Ascension.
10 S,;r A H. lp.ermsnt g. DOMINIC G.smssstsry:
Funeraa to which relatives and friends are
df v,sd hsr s3S sorA. a. a. scanS &C ssas Ss
Church o. St fGsmn GdUnd o requiem
o.s srEW4RT2ja", sHsirrt cs%s'e!i g. 1922 RICHARD
NJ beloved husband Of Jennie s'eTsr nse
William Penn Lodge. No 20. l.. p. Of A..
invited TO funeral services Saturday. 10 A..
Interment private. Westminster Cemetsry
Frenas tasG may cal Friday eyenlnE, ., :,
Martin and tho late Annie T.. Carroll fT% !ns. e
y s;ISssn ss5SFdaS 5 a:s:S
chSrsn SfsR 'iduI A. Mass m E'nE Holy NSs,
GAfrMELII;;.-Eeb; 2. LILLE A.. wife ..
ye% to uners ssrySss rasasne. sHH ,dhs
son ST.. Germantown. Internent Ivy Hill
Cemetery.
bury Heights. y. j.. Feb, =. 1929. WILLIAM
$ McCULLOH. husband Of Annie Thoma,
MSGn!Sh Hensnss ., FSnfFs fsms and "eFm'n' at con
CLEGG,--suddenly. Feb. 1 :. 1922. ANNA
NJ cLEGGi Of ~ w. W. Up UpsaI .ur1o st.. German
Diana CleGg. Relatives and friends invitet
to services on Saturday. Feb. 4. at . +. NJ.
at the Oliver II. Rair Bldg, 1920 Chestnu
st. Intcrmert private. Central Laurel I'LL
Cemetery.
Comcr) wife Of william r. Williams. agct
20 years. Relatives and friends invited Il
funeral services. on Sat. at p. n. q
1855 Adams ave. Interment Oakland CS0s
terry. Remains may be viewed Friday eto
ming. to 10.
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g ARE DEAD
II mine EXPLOSION
llJQo Bodies Recovered, Twenty
Others Missing, in Blast
a at Gates, Pa.
RUSH RESCUE ENDEAvoR
BY the Associated Press

Gates, Pa. Feb. 2~-The bodies of
nine miners. killed in an explosion in
.tAe Gates mine of the II. G. Frick Coke
I Company here today. had been brought
- the surface at noon from the entry.
80 and one half miles from the foot
e the shaft where the accident occur
Twenty men. It was stated. were
still In the mine, and at > o'clock this
afternoon all hope for these men had
been abandoned.
Trained rescue crews from all parts
Of the Connellsvillc coal field are still
working in relays trying TO reach the
ehut-in men.
The mine is ono Of the largest in this
vicinity and normally employs about
1000 men. 1t has been working day
and night shifts and n large number of
men were in the entries and rooms
when the explosion occurred.
The shaft is ESQ feet deep and the
q plosion occurred in a section Sc far
back in the workings that it's force was
spent before it could reach the bottom
Ct the shaft and damage the hosting
machinery.
According to reports in the village,
Q number of men quit work nj the
usual time, and. making their way to
the shaft on foot. were astonished TO
hear Of the accident. They were 'mme-
dfately organized into rescue crews and
under the leadership of Superintendent
6am Brown set out to release the i'm
prisoned men.
The alarm was sent down into the
village and all of the day shift miners
Immediately turned out to do their
part. Even the women joined them,
but no one was permitted to 80 into
the shaft other than trained rescue
men. As the day advanced alarming
reports spread throughout the region.
one of them TO .he effect that all of the
entombed men had lost their lives.
There was nothing. however official in
support Of the statement.
The bodies of the dead men were found
IN an entry and taken TO the foot OF
the shaft.
Reports which came to the surface
from Superintendent Brown said that
such progress was being made by the
rescuers through the fallen earth and
rock that he expected to reach the en-
tombed miners by noon. There was
nothing, the reports said. to Indicate
whether the men were dead or alive.
Hundreds of persons assembled from
nearby mines and detail Of ten state
policemen was sent to the shaft TO hold
them back. In the crowd were said to
be many members Of the families OF the
dead and missing miners.
- While 1t was assumed that the acci-
dent was due to gas explosion. op-
Grating men at the mine refused TO make
Q positive statement.
Scottdsle. Pa. Feb. 2.-(Ry A. P.(
AS far as known at the offices of the
H. G.. Frick Coke Company here. only
Ave men lost their lives in the explo-
Gon at the Gates mine this morning.
although an official stated there We're
twenty one other men in that section
= q the mine. and 1t is possible that all
0f them were killed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
arms Conference adopts
.. Great Peace Treaties

Washington. Feb. 2.--The Arms
Conference yesterday approved the
Five Power naval limitation treaty,
the Five Power submarine and
poison gas treaty. received the terms
Of the Chinese japanese treaty re.
storing Shantung to China, and
adopted resolutions designed to
restore sovereignties to China. The
treaties approved are. ready for
signature. Other treaties and their
status in the Conference are as
follows:
-Four. Power Pacific Treaty, signed
December 13.
Six Power Treaty Allocating Ger
man Pacific Cables, drafting.
Nine Power Treaty on Chinese
Tariff, drafting.
Nine Power Treaty on other Chi.
nesc questions, drafting.
American japanese Treaty re-
garding Yap, virtually ready for sig
nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
France ACCEPTS
GENOA INVITATION
Poincare, MiIIerand and viylani
to Discuss Conference
Tomorrow
BoNoMI NOT YET NOTIFIED
BY the Associated Press

Paris, Feb. 2.-France will be OF.
ficially represented,at the international
economic and financial conference In
Genoa early next month.
This assurance was given today In
a communique from the Foreign Office,
which docs not say in so many words
that France will be represented, but
let's it be understood that she Is al
ready committed as member Of the
Supreme Council. The announcement
reads:
Contrary to the announcement pub
lished in certain newspapers, 1t is in
exact that the French Government made
known yeterday by telegram addressed
to Rome that she accepted the invita- =
tion to participate in the conference
at Genoa.
Gas the Premier explained In the
Chamber of Deputies, Premier Bonomi,
| in convoking the conference, merely
executed the decision taken at Cannes
by the allied Powers, including
! France. It Is in the name of the Su-
premc Council that he sent the invi-
tations, and il was also at Cannes that
the program was adopted.
"rhcrefore. there is 10 occasion Tor
the French Government to give lorna
acccptance on either point
In political circles 1t was explained
that the communiquc was intended TO
establish that France was already
hound under former Premier Briand's $
action at the Cannes conference.
According to the Echo dc Paris. the
subject of the Genoa parley will be
considered. probably tomorrow. at the
Elysce Palace at n conference in when
President NIillerand, NJ. Poinrare. NJ:
bourgeois. president Of the Senate. and
former Premier Vivinni will take part.
The new Premier meanwhile Is not
sighting the second main problem be-
fore him, that of the German repara.
tions. He dispatched notes to the Allied
Governments last night asking theii
views rs to the procedure to be adopted
in regard to the latest German pro-
posals, and indicating that the French
Government favored leaving the whole
question in the hands of the Repara
tions Commission, as provided under
the Versailles treaty.
Madrid, Feb. 2.-(By A. P)-Th'
question of Tangicr will he discussed
at the Genoa Conference. according tt
La Epoca. which adds that the debate
will be in the presence Of representative
of the Spanish Government, In whoi'
absence England would never allow TIT
question to come up.
Spain placed her trust in the friend.
ship of England. who was always dis
rosed to support her in just demands
the newspaper added.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
THOMAS M. THOMPSON

Funeral services will take place at
. o'clock tomorrow afternoon for
Thomas NJ. Thompson. former city con-
trailer, who died yesterday at his home,
400 Spruce street, following n week. s
illness from urcmic poisoning. lie was
eighty one years old.
Mr.. Thompson was City Controller
and Director of Public Works under
Mayor Warwick. He was elected to
Conncil in 1880 from the Fifteenth
Ward and served many ferns. lie was
active in the Biccntcnnial Celebration
of lSS? and in the Constitutional Ccle-
bration in 1887.
lie was a lineal descendant of Sir
Christopher Wren. architect Of st.
Paul's Cathedral in London. lie leaves
A son, II. Mason Thompson. and n
daughter, Miss Helen Thompson. His
wife died in 1913.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
U. S.-BULGARiA PACT DRAWN
Treaty Of Commerce and Amlty
Soon to Be Sent to Senate

Washington, Feb. 2.-(By a. P.)-
Negotiations of n treaty Of commerce
and amity with Bulgaria was said at
the State Department today to be in
progress. The new treaty, according
to department officials, will be similar
to the ones recently entered into by the
United States with Germany, Austria
and Hungary.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Sofia last night said the Bulgarian Cab
met had approved the treaty draft, and
II was said at the State Department
that ns soon as this Government was
informed officially Of bulgaria. s accent
ancc Of the treaty the instrument would
be sent to Congress for ratification.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
THEY DIDN'T TRAVEL FAR
Young New York Tourists Tell of
Hold-up There

Four New York boys who said they
were on the way out West to see the
sights were arrested at Logan station
this morning, and when questioned by
Captain Of Detectives Soudnr admitted
holding up and robbing Adam Flcigcl.
proprietor of II cigar store at ISL East
Third street. New York.
The boys said they robbed Flcigcl
IN order to get funds to reach the
West. 1t appears that tn" haul was
small and after reaching Trenton their
money gave out. Then they walked to
this city. Each is seventeen years old.
The prisoners gave their names n
John Obey, 234 East Second street. New
York; Frank Cernik, Joseph Xark and
John Tanglish. They were held to
AMait requisitiOn from Now York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
Borah, Greeted as 'Judge.'
by Glass, Replies Not YET

Washington, Feb, 2,-The ap-
pointment of Senator. Kenyon,
leader of the farm bloc in the Sen
ate, to be a United States Circuit
Judge, was still the talk of the
Senate yesterday.
Senator Glass, Of Virginia, ran
into Senator Borah. Of Idaho, one
Of the strongest Republican op-
ponents OF some Administration
measures, in the Senate Office build.
ing yesterday afternoon, Glass gave
Borah n hearty slap on the back.
Good morning, Judge" was
Glass greeting to the Idaho Senator.
mot yet, Carter was Borahs
quick reply.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
TIED TO TREES AND BURNED
Charred Skeleton Of Alabama Man
Found--Ten Suspects Held

Butler. Ala. Feb. 2.-(By A. P)--
The haired skeleton of a man found
lashed with wire between two trees In
the lower section of Choctaw County
last Thursday. was today identified as
that Of Drew Conner, young man Of
the nrighborhood, who disappeared just
before Christmas. Authorities stated
they believed al attempt had been made
10 crematc Conner alive, or TO burn
the body after he had been slain.
Ten persons are being held in con-
ncrtion with the case ON the blanket
charge Of suspicion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
BONUS BOARD ORGANIZES
Col. e. J. StackpoIe. Jr.. War Vet
eran. READS State Commission

Harrisburg, Feb. 2.-IBy \. PD-
Colonel +. J. Stackpole. Jr... of Har-
risburg. who was appointed by Cover
nor Sproul rs the veteran member of
the State Soldier Bonus Commission.
was elected chairman at the meeting for
organization today. Adjutant General
Frank d. Beary was elected secretary.
The commission discussed provisions of
the act with the Governor.
Payment of the bonus Is dependent
upon n constitutional amendment, which
will probably be voted upon in 1924,
and the commission is to work out plans
in advance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
Of DER
AND WIFE PROBED
Receiver Here Investigates
$125,ooo Realty Holding
in Atlantic City .
100000 ASSETS SOUGHT

While tho rece,vor of r n Dior &
~. -, ~. -,
". III new iork is searching ior
S.'oU.Ooo additional assets of the firm,
Clarence Loeb, ancilliary receiver here.
has copo IN At,or.;o C;t, 20 ;,,,s.;,a.,
., Hne ~ ~ A''""''. wy ~ i"''s''sa'e
rch, estate transactions there of Dier
anu ms VIE, IN the interests Of the
creul.ors or tne hrm. a Sl2o,OOO prop
erty at IN" shorc is involved.
According to Mr.. Loeb, Colonel Henry
~. hughes. who withdrew from the firm
last year. has q complete defense COW
erlng MS operations while member OF
the firm, and believes he can clear him
failure. ' ''''''''u W.T." '"'
Colonel Hughes stoutly insists" said
Mr.. Loeb, that for a long time prior tc
his withdrawal from the firm last wear
he was dissatisfied with the mining and
curb business as conducted by the firm
this business, he tells me, having been
done almost without his knowledge. This
New York Office of the firm. and he only
visited that Office three or four times
altogether.
I'm attempting to explain various
charges of bucketng against the firm
in New York operations. he says this
situation reached its elimination in the
spring of 1921. At that time. he said
he requested and obtained two separate
examinations of the firms business b.
the New York Stock Exchange.
According to Colonel Hughes. who
declares his ability. to prove his state.
ments, these examinations showed the
company at that time to be solvent
WIN @ supsthhtiat @ assets assets OF between
SroV:ouO ana SSmOo'U. over and above
all Liabilities. These assets. he says
could not have been of an unsubstantia
character or they would mot have beer
passed upon favorably by the New York
STOCK Exchange.
Seek Missing Assc,s
..rho h;. ,h,,a nnm, 90 - :,
,;,,oJ AZ anh -. n,I III -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
NEW REPUBLIC COLLAPSES
Central American Federation Decree
Officially Declared Void

Washington. Feb. 2.-(By A. P)-
Plans to form federation of Central
American republics have collapsed. ac-
cording to word received by the State
Department today from American Min
lister Morales at Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras.
The Minister advised the department
that the provisional federal council. sit
ting nt Tcgucignlpa, has suspended its
activities. The dispatch stated that
under decree issued by the council on
January ~ the decree by which it
had assumed control of the federal dis
trict at Tcgucignlpa was declared void.
Minister Morales also reported that
Honduras was taking steps to resume
its sovereignty as an Independent state.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
Friends to End Relief Control

The American Quakcrs, who for two
years have been feeding the under
children of Germany, are ar
ranging with German relief groups for
greater participation by them in child
feeding preparatory to turning the whole
work over to the German Government
around August |. according to state
mpnt today by DR.. Wilbur *. Thomas,
secretary Of the American
Friends Service Committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
DEATH CHAIR FOR SLAYER
Man Convicted Of First.Deeree Muir.
der Before Judge Patterson

Clarence Ncwsomo. Negro. was con-
virted of murder in the first degree
today by n jury before Judge Patterson.
Newsomc was charged with the mur-
Seventeenth and FitZwater streets on
September 90. after lovers quarrel.
Newsomc testified that the woman
first attacked him with n razor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
ropAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Alex Mezuofskt 1859 Sa mon st.. and Fran
cisoa Becyak, 1859 salmon ~.
A vel AcreI 700 W. Girard ave, and Rose
K lein, 1910 y. 7th st.
Robert p. WfetstonS 1oi ~, 4afh ,s, st. and
Lawrence r, Flynn. Palmyra y, j.. and
Lorna. NJ. Be'os. PyalmyrHa. NJ. 49,,
Elizabeth \. ijowney 54lo Marion ave,
William r. Deal. 40 ~ l6th St, and Viola
Gustav j, Erdman' Jr.,. 754 s. ,52d st..
and Emile NJ Davis; Cynwyd Pa;
John Monroe, Camden, N. j.. and Ada
charles Kent, Brcokiyn. N. j.. snd
Eleanor j. Kelly. 2t00 Jefferson St +
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
AUTO SMASH FATAL
Gloucester Man Killed In Accident at
Metuchen, N. J.

Edward 4. Mullen, of Gloucester,
was killed at Metuchcn. y. j.. last
night when an automobile in which
he and three other men We're riding.
struck a machine going in the opposite
direction.
The other occupants Of the car were
Matthew Powers. of Gloucester. and
John Romcr and Snyder Carson, Of
Clementon. They escaped injury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
CAGE REFEREE GETS U. S. POST

Charles p. Mallon, 44O3 North Ninth
street, known in basketball circles here
as Whitley" Mallon, was today ap.
pointed United States Deputy Marshal
by Marshal Mathues. Until recently he
was a referee in both the Central and
Eastern Basketball Leagues and played
with the Jasper, st. Simeon and East
Falls teams, Of the Philadelphia League.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
Harry D, ,Schell

Harry d. Schcll. sei"r.y-two years
old. died yesterday afternoon at /
o'clock at his home, GO3I Ovcrbrook
avenue. lie was born in Philadelphia, ;,
on May 10. 1910, and spent his life in
this city. lie was widowcr, his wife
having died about six years ago. He /,
survived by n sister, Miss Fanny Il.
Schell three nieces, Mrs. II. d. Van
Horn, Mrs. Harry Roberts and Mrs.
Annie Morris, and two ncphcws, DR..
j. Thompson Schell and Robert Orr
Schell. The funeral will take place
next Monday afternoon from the Schell
home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
Mrs. Mary BodIey

Mrs. Mary Bodley. widow of Colonel
John X. Bodley, Wheeling, w. Va,
died today at the Charter House, Media
where she was making her home for
the winter. She was the daughter Of
the late William and Priscilla Me.
Cracken, Aston, Pa. but had lived
many years at Wheeling. Colonel bod.
ley's death left her in possession of n
large estate. Mrs. Bodley is survived
by one son, Colonel William X. Bodley
o{ Wynnewood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
RLuEBEARD's' APPEAL DENIED

Paris. Feb. 2.-(By A. PD-The
Criminal Branch Of the Court of Cassa-
tion today rejected the appeal on be-
half of Henri Desire l.nndru, so-called
"Rlucbcard. from the sentence of
death pronounced upon him last No
ycmbcr. Lnndru was convicted for the
murder of ten women and the SON Of one
of them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
ausyENo GIRLS SENTENCES

Pulling Martin, twenty, and Rose
/, ,ircss Az Cleveland, pleaded guilty to.
:. n teeore Judge Patterson in Quarter
{eAslt Court to a charge Of stealing
from n Market street department store.
Alter a plea had been made by Attor-
NJ q. Stuart Patterson, Jr., Judge
PSfftss0n suppended sentence, The two
y0wnS Wor1oo mads 20 statements to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
William s. Jones

William S. Jones, president of the
firm Of w. s. Jones, Inc, tailors, Of
1116 Walnut street, died yesterday at
Forty second and Spruce streets. His
illness began last July at his summer
cottage in Nentnor. lie leaves widow,
formerly Mary Fullerton and three
Elizabeth, Kathryn and
Frances. Mr.. Jones was a member Of
the Manufacturers Club and of the
Chamber Of CommcrCa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
HOT COAL LEAPS AT BEER
Falls Short, lenItes Paper, Starts
Saloon Eire-Orinkables Destroyed

Much ncnr-bcer was destroyed by
fir" this morning in the basement Of the
saloon of .Jam"s Boyle. 81 NORTH
Tenth street. \ hot coal, jumping"
from tn. furnace, ignted some waste
paper, startlng the blaze.
The bottles and f"g4 Of near beer
constituted the most serious loss, which
is pla ,el at about 500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
Miss Anna M. CIeau

Miss Anna NJ. CloGg. seventy. five
years old, 81 West Uusa! street, Ger
mnntown, was seized. with a heart al.
tack in a drug store at Eleventh and
Chestnut streets, late yesterday after
noon, and died few minutes later ON
the way to hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02

automobile while intoxicated. Hare
was arrested four months ago after. he
had collided with funeral on the
Northeast boulevard. Investigation
showed that he had been arrested before
for reckless driving also, that his driv.
cr's license had been revoked. lie was
held in S25OO bail for the Grand Jury
by Magistrate Renshaw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
JEWS HAVE $681,578
eundheim's Team Passes lit's II
Fourth Days Returns

Announcement was made today for
the daily totals of the teams working
in the American Jewish Relief Appeal
for the Federation Of Jewish Charities
Emergency Fund, for which 81 900 900
q sought.
Harry ID. Sundheim's team turned in
. total of STAB for the day. topping the
list. Other team records were as fol-