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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-13
1000 Euqs in Hatcheries.

The Twin Acre poultry farm seems
to have considerable work to do,
The owner said that he had 1000
Matching eggs to turn over in the
morning before he can eat his break
fast.
Next Tuesday the village election
will he held here Who are you go
ing to vote for?
O. A. Sebby was in Sandwich We'd
nesday for few hours.
Dr. Christian, it is reported, is I'M
proving gradually. II is thought that
as the warm weather comes on he
will get stronger accordingly and
will also be able to be out soon.
The churches here are having some
interesting meetings every evening
Miss Sanders is visiting at the
home of her brother, George Sanders,
at Baker.
Mrs. Emma Kohn fell down some
days ago and injured her eye. Mrs.
Kohn had been ill and as the result
of being rather weak she stumbled,
resulting in the injury.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-13

Enjoy Spring Vacations.
The young people of Utica who are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
lost AND FOUND

RA0-I,ost. gentleman's black tawnsi
hsg containing wearing apparel. on bnttSSs
st. Or Hunting Park ave. Reward 'rn~
wyoming 1921 w
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
BEWARE SLICK SWIMDLER
WHO POSES AS PEOOlER
One Woman Robbed Of Purse, Little
Girl Another Victim

Mrs. Helen Kelly, 2144 North Hope
street, made a purchase OF some re-
ligious pictures from a pcddler at her
front door. and upon going back into
the house found she had dropped her
pocketbook. Running back to the door,
she saw that pocketbook and peddler
both had disappeared. She lost $40.
Mrs. Kelly describes the man as about
fifty years old, with decided Irish
brogue. He wears gold trimmed specta-
clcs. is stout about five feet five inches
In height. and wears a dark brown
hat and suit.
A man answering the same dcscrip-
ton has been operating in the neighbor-
hood for the last week. Sometimes he
collects money for "a starving priest in
Bristol" it is said. lie tried n new
one this afternoon. The mother OF
Agnes Barnigan. nine years old. Of 22
East Silver street. left the child at
home with S. bill and instructions to
give 81 of it to an installment house
| collector.
The pcddler called after the mother
had LET. ''Do you know who / amp
he asked the child.
Eyes. you are the installmont man.
Right, have You the money!"
"Ycs, here it is" The bill was taken
to the corner store. changed. and the
81 given the swindler. Then the rea
O'ConnoE called, and the deception was
reported to the police.
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FRAUD IS CHARGED
CONVERTING STOCK.
Clarence n. Harris Accused OF
Changing Thousands of
II Shares Into Cash
COMPLAINT BY ASSOCIATE

: Clarence II. Harris, president Of a
corporation known as the bully BOY
Mine Company" with an oiscc at 200
Chestnut street, will be arraigned
Thursday in Magistrate Scullen's Of
fee TO answer charges brought by his
old friend and business associate.
Charles e. Lean. president of the
"Muirlan Securities Company, OF
fraudulent stock conversion.
Harris was arrested yesterday and
released on his own rccognizance to ap-
near at the hearing. Lean says that
be also will file n bill in equity TO
demand names of persons TO whom he
alleges Harris sold stock. and an ac-
counting of money alleged to have been
received from stock sales.
The Bully Boy" is mining stock,
Lean says Harris, his old friend, came
to him and asked him TO undcrwrttc q
stock issue. which he agreed to do,
Lean claims that he sold $4,000 worth
Of stock. He had underwrittcn 1t, he
says, at 40 to 80 cents n share. Harris
Lean says. then arranged to go out
and sell stock on his own account. and
sold SIj, 900 worth.
Lean says he informed woman eli
ent that all the stock Of the issue nau
been sold, and later she asserted that
Harris had come TO her and sold her an
extra 1900 shares at 81 snalc. Lea
also charges that Harris damaged his
reputation, and he hopes by court pro-
ceedings TO vindicate himself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
FURTHER CHECKS HELP
SESQUl.CENTENNIAL PLAN
Edward Robins Receives More
Money to Aid Big Project

Edward Robins, secretary Of the Ses-
Gui Cent nn,al Exhibition Association.
today received, ~ Il membership sub.
scription, a check which had been writ
ten last March, and another check from
the same person. for membership in the
Genealogical Society Of Pennsylvania,
Of which Mr.. Robins has been for many
years corresponding secretary.
"You will doubtless be surprised. y
explained the letter of in"losure. 'At
the dates ON the checks. but better late
than never. ! ran across them one OF
the recent cool evenings in the pocket
of n lightweight ovcrroat. which l had
laid aside last spring thought they
had been sent and intended one day Ia
write asking why had received no
acknowledgement. ! think II is spe-
cially important just now for Phila :
delphia 10 join the Sesqui -C"ntennia,
Association. In order TO create n strong
supportirg organization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
BURGLAR
NABBED BY POLICE
Works for Hours to Enter Cigar
Company Warehouse, Then
Sounds Alarm
PLACE Is SURROUNDED

An Intruder who worked for hours
70 gain entrance 70 the warehouse Of
the Franklin Cigar Company. o1S
South Front street. early today got
fifty pennies for his troubles. Then he
was arrested.
While working in the place he had
sounded a burglar alarm, bringing a
wnconload of patrolmcn to the scene.
The place was surrounded. and the man
captured.
The pennies found in his pocket. ac-
cortlins to Sidney Gortlcsliv. Of ollI
SAMSON street. member Of the firm,
were taken from the cash register in
the place.
Acting Street Sergeant Sonntas
heard the alarm at 800 o'clock. and
telcphoned the station house. Then he
and patrolman Robinson scaled rear
wall Of the warehouse. and found q
man covering in n corner of the yard.
He evidently lad been scared from the
building by the sight of patrclmen who
were by this time tumbling ont of the
patrol. and surrounding the building.
The prisoner gave his name as Tony
rance, lie UHu 'EuNltu hp " tH'
roof Of q rear she'd and had pricd open
n second floor window. Finding 6
sheet of iron blocking his way, fas.
tened in front of the window to fol
burglars, about foot from the win
dow. Franco cut a hole in the floor be.
tween the window and the iron bar
ricr and dropped through to the frs
! floor.
1t Is thought truck with confed
crates may have been in waiting, read
to make a cleanup in the place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
CRITIC OF PRISON IS "NUT"
AND LIAR. SAYS McKENTY
Eastern Penitentiary Warden De-
nles Convicts Get Drugs

Charges that we'll organized dope
ring exists in the Eastern Penitentiary
were cmphatically denied last night by
Warden MCkenty.
The charges were made Yesterday to
Governor Sproul by DR.. l.. f. budding.
president of the Prisoners Relief So
Cicty. He involves n son of Warden
McKenty. six or eight officers OF the
prison and fifty prisoners.
DR.. budding. according to his own
admission. is a former convict. having
served eight years for manslanShlcr.
He also charges that the prison supplies
Jobs for the entire Mckcnty family aad
that the food is running the prisoners
hearth.
Warden McKenty charact"rizcl Dr..
budding as "nut' and Liar.
Il have five sons. Three have work
entirely apart from the pcntitcntiary.
The two others are parole officers elect
ed by the parole board.
"As for dope in this institution, we
areb continually fighting what effort
there is TO bring it here. Addicts are
sent to us and they are treated until
cured, and of the 1861 prisoners who
we're here at the close Of business to-
day, less than fifty use narcotics.
"What this man says about me makes
no difference, but he had better be care.
full what he says about the members OF
my family. Bring on the investigators.
any time, and I'll abide by the results.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
DEATHS

CONROY.- - suddenly. Aug. ~. PATRlCR
j.. husband Of the late Margaret A. Conroy,
Relatives and friends. also ST. Clementi
Holy Name Society are invited to fursrsL
Thursday $40 4. NJ. from late rssidsSS
cnt's Church. 10 \. n. Interment Holy Cren
BARNETT.--A 81, at Atlantic en-,
HELEN. widow OF Henry Barnett. 81.
ices at trtford and Pacific uveS. AuaAtt
cts, y. j.. Friday morning 1nterment u
Central Laurel HIN Cemetery, Philsdelphh'
q WcFADDEN.-Aus. 81. MARGARET ".
~ DDEN (neS MeCsreyl. widow Of ch.'n
from from late residence. 2O6s Morris St, sO:s,
requiem mass at st. Thomas Church. Wv
A. NJ Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. -,
PATTERSON: On Aug; e: iG
aged 20 years. Relatives and friends inyitN
TO services, on Saturday anernSon; ~ My1,
O'Clock, residence OF his parents. 2l4o w
non e. lS,",went at FsgnTssSs$ Csmitii,s, X,is.,e
CITY. n. j., CORNELIUS STEVENSON. DIV
notice of funeral will be given, -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
SEIZE IS RADICALS IN RAID
Communists Arrested as They Hold
Convention In Michigan

Bridgeman. Mich. Aug. 22,-CBy A.
PD--Fiftecn alleged members Of the
Communist Party Of America were ar
rested here today by Department Of
Justice agents, assisted BY Sheriff
George Rrdgcman and twenty deputies.
Those arrested were delegates TO the
party's secret convention in session
here.
The raid was believed to have been
tipped off 10 the delegates to III" con-
vcntion. o>~sixty-one other delegates
left Bridgcman last night. Large guam
titles of propaganda was conIiscatcd by
the raiders.
According to Sheriff BrIdgcman, Of
Bcrrlcn County, plans wcr" being for
INFLATED in the convention 10 utilize the
coal and rail strikes rs II means of get
ting control Of Government property.
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L0[[|P0PS MAKE q
DAD'SARREST EASY
Detective, Touched by chN.
dren's Plea, Gets Out Of
Difficult Situation
MAN NABBED AS FUGITIVE

Detectives in fiction snoon .,.....
until they get the evidence; then ~
pounce upon their man," In rcs,YY
detectives hearts are sometimes o. ~ ~
they act like forks in any other H,%
ness. Detective McNianus, Of City I'm
is like that. 'si',
Detective McNfanus was given n ,r..
rant yesterday to serve upon hrniossG
Herman. thirty years old. 350 Ritns.
street. 1t was a fugitive warrs~v
sworn out by Warren Fretz. of Dovi..,
town. game warden Of Bucks Conrss
charging the passing OF a worthiss,
check. ''css
McManus went after dinner last e,..
ming to 800 Ritner street. where ~.
one said Berman was upstairs. 90
Children Plead for Daddy
Detectives don't send up their c..a.
first. SO McNianus hurried along. onsnss
the door Of the second story front pV"sI ~
there was his man, buttoninr nm ~
nighties Of three little children. X.
wife was at Atlantic City. ~
As the door swung omen tbo a..
children turned and stared wide eyed -
the visitor. Bcrmnn arose from n!
edge of the bed and looked Mt thn ~
truder. Drawing his warrant from ~
pocket. McNfanus. in his best profsS.
sional manner, told Berman he wss N.
rested.
Berman looked at the biz detects.
then down at the little chilS,s.
clustered about his feet. by this tins
clinsing to his trousers legs. Childfsm
know what 'arrest" means arounS
Third and Ritner streets. =.
The children walled and begged Il.
detective not to take their daddy awsr
McNIanus was stuck. lie didn't kpov
what to do next. Hc had to make NJ
pinch.' he explained today, but hsr
about the kids? What could u man a.
anyway? 'Esr,
Held in s4o0 Bail
So McATnnus told the children eYe,,.
thing was all right. 1t was all in fus
and then he helped his prisoner drss
them again Hand in hand the two n,en
and the children walked along N
street. the children trotting alons N
glceful anticipation to n corner candr
shop. This was something new snd
something good. First you are put pfo.
testing to bed. then, big man ccrus nrs
along. helps dress you and takes tks
family out for treat.
McNIanus bought ice cream cones m
around and lollypops for the childrsn.
Then the happy youngsters were turnel
| over to a neighbor. Mrs. Weiss, whs
lives at 240G South Fourth street, and
tucked into bed. Mrs. Berman VA
tclegraphcd for and Berman taken IA
City Hall. Magistrate Coward he'd
him under $40O bail for court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
WON'T ARB|TRATE,
MEN STILL INSIST
Hope for Agreement Held Out
as Conferences Are Re-
sumed Here
NEW CONTRACT AT ISSUE

The hard coal miners have set their
faces firmly against any suggestion OF
the operators that the new wage con-
tract to be signed April of next year
be arrived at by arbitration.
Flntly refusing 70 consider arhitra-
ton. the miners, headed by John L.
Lewis. their union chief, nevertheless
wcTe optimistic when their conferences
with the operators were resumed this
afternoon. This makes the fifth day the
workers and operators have been in con
sultation.
just how solidly the mine workers Of
District y. composing 10000 mine
workers, stand against arbitration with
following telegram received today from
Mahanoy City by Christ j. Golden, oI
Shamokin. who is in conference with
the operators. The telegram says:
mine locals of Mahnnoy City an'
surrounding places will accept II,
arbitration or any agreement lcss thar
a four-year one. Insist on check off
Mine locals appreciate your stand ant
prefer to fight it out to a finish II
was signed by John Strambo, vice
president. District .. United Mine
workers OF America.
1t is understood the miners are will.
Ing to return to work under present
wages and conditions. provided they
obtain the kind OF contract they are
after next April They realize that i
would be futile to return until nil mat
ters have been definitely settled. and i
is this goal both sides are seeking
The operators are as optimistic q
Tho ypinarc h,,f tbor faaI ,hot ~
tion is the panacea for the ills of til,
coal fields. Their side of the matte
Is being pressed gcnially but with con
viction
The session yesterday closed after
two hour discussion without either sid
finding itself in position TO make
statement concerning tangible results
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
STOLEN CARS IDENTIFIED:
"AUTO SALESMAN" is HELD
Prisoner Insists He Didn't Even Get
Tip for pisposIna Of Machines

Clarence Van Horn. Of Ruan street
near krcwstown road. Frankford. a
former police van driver. was held in
$1,000 bail for the Grand Jury today by
Magistrate Coward on two charges Of
stealing automobiles.
One Of the stolen ears was identified
as the property Of DR.. Dallas Is.
Virgins 1888 Thompson street The
other car was not identified.
According to the testimony the two
machines were sold TO Jacob Miller.
Bustleton pike near Ruan street. and
Mrs. Josephine Miller, his aunt. who
lives across the street. Mrs. Miller said
that iae engine numbers were mutiIatcd
on the car she bought.
Van Horn said n man named klstcr
had given him the ears to sell. lie had
turned the money over 10 him i'm =
nediately. he said. and has not oven re-
ccived commission for his Servicc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
9 NEW BRIDGES APPROVED
Judge johnson Says Delaware
County viii Get Needed Spans

Delaware County is to get its much
needed nine new bridges. according 10
Judge Johnson in an address today be-
fore members of the Media Business
Mems Association.
The last Grand Jury recommended
the new bridges. but Judge johnson had
withheld the sanction Of the court. He
told the merchants today. however. that
the bridges were needed. and that he
would Civ" sanction as soon as all legal
requirements had been complied with.
For instance, he said. h" had just np,
proved the so-callrd Victoria Plush Mill
bridge. over Crums Creek at the Bal
timOre pike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
WIFE LAY DEAD 10 HRS.
BESIDE HER HUSBAND
Cripple Didn't Know Il Until Neigh.
hors Made Discovery

Mrs. Mary T.. Rrcnn. tifty.six years
old. $50 Pine street. Camden. lay dead
on the floor beside her husband for ten
hours before her body was finally dis
covered by nciGhbors last night.
Her husband, John I. Brenn, sixty
six year old. Il parnlytic. lying on the
floor of their two room apartment with :
in an arms length OF his dead wife.
moancd. Il didn't even know my poor
wife had died.
Coroner Arthur Hull intends 10 have
the man removed to one Of the Camden
County institutions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
P. R. R. RANKS FILLING UP
5o,o22 Men Are Back at Work In
Railroads Shops

For the first time since the strike
began the shop forces Of tho PCnnsyl-
vania Railroad System have risen
above the 10000 mark. Today's re-
ports from all four regions and the
Altoona Works show 5O.022 men work
ing. This represents 81 per cent of a
full normal week day force.
IN the last week the P"nnsylvnnia
System has made n net gain Of 1873
men in it., shop forces. AS compared
with conditions at the low point of the
strike, which was reached on July ),
there are now II ,T31 more men on duty
and actually at work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
SUES FOR HUSBANDS DEATH
Widow Asks $4,000 Of Phiiadel.
phis Man. Due to Shooting

Mrs. Catherine Knauth n widow with
three children. residing in LnnghOrnc,
Bucks County, has brought suit against
John Mccarthy, of this city. to recover
$40. 900 for the death Of her husband,
on October .. 1921.
Mccarthy, while practicIng with n
rifle in the rear of his bungalow on
Neshaminy Greek. was careless and
reckless, it is charged. and one Of the
bullets struck Knauth, who was walk.
ing along the road. inficting mortal
wound. A capias for the arrest of the
defendant has been issued by Judge Ma
Dewitt. OF Court No.s1i, and bail fixed
ut $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
HOLD WOMAN FOR ASSAULT
Chicago Visitor Here Charged With
Larceny In Store

Mrs. Georgina +. Parker. thirty two
years old, Of Chicago. who says she
has been here for less than week
visited friends whose name she would
not disclose. was held for court by
MAGISTRATE Coward ut the Central sta
ton today, charged with larceny and
assault and battery.
The young woman was arrested after
n struggle yesterday in department
store by Miss Emily llalloway, store
detective, who charges that Mrs. Parker
had taken son.e silk stockings. Bail
was fixed at 5000 on the larceny charge
and $500 on the charge Of assault and
battery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
TAKE 14-FOOT SWORDFISH
Captured OF Bradley Beach After
Hours Battle

Bradley Beach. \. D., Aug. d By
A. PA fourteen foot swordfsh was
captured today about n half mile off
shore by six men in small fishing boat.
They were attracted by the violent
commotion IN thcir net and upon eX-
animation found the big fish tagged in
the mesh
The net was badly cut by the fight
put up by the captive, which was killed
after an hours battle 1t weighed
TOO pounds and IL believed TO be the
first captured along the New Jerse,
coast. 4hc fish was bought by the Bor-
ough Commissioners and placed on ex'
hibitio4 =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
WOMAN HURT IN CRASH
Husband is Arrested After Accident
on Hunting Park Avenue

Charles 7. Frederick, 1924 North
CANINE street. was held in $500 bail
by Magistrate Doughcrty today follow
ing collision between an automobile
he was driving and trolley ear at
broad street and Hunting Park ave-
nue..
Mary +. Frederick, wife OF the mo-
torist, Is in St. Lukc's Hospital with n
fractured leg.
According to witnesses, Frederick
was unable to stop his car as the trolley
crossed Broad street, and the auto
mobile crashed into the middle OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
BABY VILLAGE DEDICATED
Feature Of Annual Convention Of
Moose at Aurora

Aurora. IL. Aug. 22.~-(Ry \. PD
-Dciirntion OF baby villag" and now
State buildings given to the Moose No.
rationa School at Moosehurt by Moose
and the laying Of n cornerstone for u
$50 900 plaza which Ohio members Of
the order arc financing today held the
attention Of the 10000 delegates and
friends attending the thirty second an
nunl convention.
The baby village. which l. n mini
ature city in white. and the State
buildings cost almost $500, 900. The
village, which is the gift of Pcnnsyl-
vanlu Mouse, represents an outlay Of
SlGO 900
The buildings dedicated included the
New Jersey Building. and the Indiana
Building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
CLAIMS WEALTHY KIN.
PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT
Young virsinian Admits shopIiftins
With "5ad Company"

Thomas Collins, n young man claim.
ing to belong to an old and wealthy
family Of Richmond. Va. pleaded
guilty TO shoplifting today before Judge
Walsh In the Municipal Court.
Collins snd hc had been here only
four days and had monthly income
Of 500 from an estate. He had met
John Clark, Of Seventeenth and Arch
streets. he said, and bad company got
him into trouble. Clark also pleaded
guilty. The theft had been Of silk
shirts.
Collins said his sister was Miss Hem
rietta &. Collins. Of II North Fourth
street. Richmond. Judge Walsh will
communicate with the woman, and II
the youths story is true. may parole
him. Therefore, sentence was deferred.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
MAN IS NOW SOUGHT
IN GlBERS0N MURDER
Believed to Have Been implicated In
kIllIna Of lakehurst Taxi Driver

Orders have been issued by Wilfred
III, Jayne, prosecutor Of Ocean County.
that a man believed to have been i'm
plicatcd in the murder of William Gil
bcrsou be arrested on sight.
Gibcrson. taxi driver. was found
shot TO death in his home at I.akehurst.
y. j.. week ago. His wife. Ivy,
is in the county prison at Tom" River
charged with the crime. She said her
husband was killed by burglars who
bound and gagged her.
Former Judge William II. Jeffrey, at.
torncy for the woman. who hired New
York detectives to investigate the bur-
glary theory, spent yesterday In Lake
hurst with his men checking up clues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-22
3 PHlLADELPHIANS JAILED
AFTER RAID ON CLUBHOUSE
clementon Heights Police Seize
ljuuor-Seek Several Girls

Three Philadclphians were arrested
last night when clubhouse was raided
Mt Clemrnton Heights. N. J. A guam
tity of liquor also was taken.
The raid was directed by Police Chief
Louis Breitweiser after neighbors had
complained of club members. who, 1t Is
said, INDUCED In drunken orgy for
several days. Several young girls, al
legged to be frequcnters of the club
house, are being sought.
The three who were arrested and
sentenced to the Camden County Jail
by Squire George Il. Wright, Of Glenn
enton. are Arthur Meyer. thirty years
old. 1903 Catherine street, thirty days;
Edward Hack, twenty eight. 9l2 South
Twentieth street, thirty days. and Gus
tav Levin, tw"nty-seven I31 Vine
street, ten days.
| The clubhouse, known as the Hill
Crest, Third avenue near Erial, was the
scene of the raid.