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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
JACKSONVILLE DEFEATS
 OXFORD HIGH CAGE TEAM

Anniston, February 5.-(Speciai.)- Jacksonville cagesters played the ox- ford High in the local armory on Saturday night, the Royal Ambassa- dors returning to their home in the Normal school town after defeating their opponents by a 20 to IS score.
 On the same court the Quintets representing Ohatchie and the An niston High battled furiously as the second section of double bill, she locals administering a walloping to the visitors in one of the hardest fought games witnessed here during the season. The score was 23 to IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
COUNTY IS
 WINNER IN CAGE GAME

Centre. February 5-(Special.)- The Centre boys defeated the Col finsville team Friday night on the formers court by a score of 21 to 7. The game was played in quar- ters of 10 minutes each. The team work of Cherokee's bunch was excel lent. Daniel starred for Centre. The lineup:
 Centre (21)-Garrett (5), forward. Daniel 12), forward Mccoy (4). cen ter; Leath, guard; Bankson, guard.
 Collinsville G)-Myers forward; i; Ayers, forward; Jones. center; Dobbs, guard; Tidmore. guard.
 Referee, pr. Powell. Scorer, Mann. Timekeepers Reed and Bankson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
RIS- HOWARDB. A. C. GAME TOMORROW NIGHT ---SPORTS
Successful Athletics Cause Suspicion,
 Says SaUage

oberlin, O.. February 5.-"The stage has been reached when any college which develops successful team or number of star athletes is at once under suspicion" Prof, ". c. Savage, director of athletics at OberlIn college, declared In a state ment today.
 The smaller the college and the more successful the athletes the greater is the feeling of distrust," he said Such conditions threaten the entire structure of intercollegiate sports, It Is time for faculties, ad ministrators and governing bodies to consider these things.
 "If the report of President Lowell of Harvard, which declared college sports had too prominent place in college life, brings about such q sur vey of intercollegiate athletic rela- tions, he should have the gratitude of every lover of young men and every loyal American citizen" Direc- tor Savage asserted
 Director Savage declared the atti tude of eastern educational leaders towards athletics always has been restrictive and oppressive intsead of constructive and directive"
 This policy of the east has been a terrible incubus upon the progress sion of the rest of the country" he said. Charges of crookedness, pro- fessionalism and other forms of in- eligibility fin connection with many prominent football teams in the last season are only a few surface indi- cations of what has been altogether tco general throughout intercollegi- ate football circles" the statement concluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
 BELGIAN DUTCH TEAM WINS BIG BIKE GRIND

Brussels, February 5.-The six-day bicycle race was won tonight by the Belgian Dutch team, Aerts and Van Kempen, with 2,294 miles. The American team, Walthour and Ross, abandoned the race this, afternoon after Ross had fallen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
MAsONs TO MEET

Anniston, February b.-(Special.)-- Masons and Eastern Star members of Anniston will meet together in a grand rally in the interest of the new Masonic temple moy rnent on Tues day evening. the joint session .c be held in the lodge room over the h. niston National bank. Dr. c. H. ley of Birmingham, and Rev. laos M. Dobbs of this city. are to ee he speakers on this ocr aston. an1 is expected that a lars number ot ta ternity men and women will Aer for the rally.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
DEATHS OF THREE GIRLS
DUE TO LONDON NIGHT LIFE
Tragedies Spur Police In Effort to
Stamp Out Illicit Clubs

London, March 20.--Stunncd by an
alarming series Of suicides and murders,
resulting mostly from the unwhocsomc
atmosphere of illicit might clubs" tho
forces of law and order have begun a
determined campaign TO stamp out these
cancers on tho brighter side Of London $
life. Three beautiful girls nrc the lat
est victims Of I.ondon's night life. Two
have taken their own lives: the third
was the victim of IN unusually brutal
murder.
One, Mrs. Audrey Knowles Harrison.
was found in her luxurious apartment
with hcr head in the oven of n gas stove.
dead She had left a notorious dancing
club at > o'clock in the morning with
three men. al under the influence Of
liquor. Her best friend. Freda Kemp
ton. Il dancing instructress, who testi-
fed at the inquest. died n few weeks
later under mysterious circumstances.
Mrs. Gertrude Yates. another pretty
and wcll-known figure. Is the third
woman sacrificed to the fast and vicious
underworld life of London. She was
murdered under particularly revolving
circumstances. Her maid found her ly-
ing in her bathroom, her head crushed
and cord tied tightly around her neck
4 few hours later Ronald True. thir-
ty. handsome man about town. was ar
rested and charged with the murder. He
admitted being with her the night be-
fore. but said that he loft hcr at mid
night in violent argument with another
man
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS
TREATY WITH PRESIDENT
Paets to Be Featured In Coming
Elections as Great Achievement

Washington, March 2O.-(Ry a. y.
Republican Party leaders. responsible
for the direction of the coming con
grcssional campaign. accompanied b.
Chairman John 4; Adams. Of the Re.
publican National Committee. con.
ferred with President Harding today
and discussed the relation of the
treaties growing out Of the Washington
Conference 10 the coming elections.
The treaties, now before the Senate
are regarded in Administration circles
as tho major achievement Of President
liarding's Administration to date. and
1t is said to be the intention Of the
party leaders to put them forward as
an issue in the November elections.
Those comforting with the I'rcsidcn,
today beside Chairman Adams. were
Senators Lodge, Curtiss and McCor-
mick. The Senators told President
Harding they believed the treaties were
safely on the way to ratification.
After the conference the opinion was
expressed that the four Power treaty
and the reservation reported by the
Foreign Relations Committee would BE-
adopted. Tho whole treaty situation was
declared to he satisfactory.
Debate on the treaty was shut off
temporarily in the Senate today TO give
the right Of way to an appropriation
bill. but it was expected that before the
days session was over some issues of
the treaty fight would come in for dis
CuSSiOn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
GIRL WHO TOOK POISON
REVEALS HER IDENTITY
Says She 10 6oIdie Thompson and
Her Parents Are In belmont, Pa.

The girl who took poison in al at
tempt at suicide in Market street
moving picture theatre last Wadnes.
day revealed hen identity to physicians
at the Jefferson Hospital today when
told that there was little, hope Of hc,
recovery.
She said she was Goldc Thoml son.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Thomp-
son, of belmont, Wcstmorcand County
in this State. Her father said over the
telephone that she had been missing
FROM home two years.
Several years ago she married Will
bur Michael. of Penn StetiOn.' he
said. but they did not get along to-
gethcr and she disappeared soon after
ward. We have not seen her since.
Although VIC had searched everywhere
for her and employed u detective, q
message from the Philadelphia police
today that she Is Ill In Philadelphia IL
the first news we have had OF her. l
am going TO Philadelphia and expect
TO arrive tomorrow morning
The girl first gave her name as Dor
othy Gardener, by which she was known
nt the rOomin. house nt 100 Spruce
street. where she lived. She also has
n sister living IN Belmont, Mrs.
Thomas Morgan. Her husband lives at
Tarcntum.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
WILL START FAIR
PLANS MARCH 50.
First Meeting Of Official Com!
mission Announced by
Thomas Robins
TO NAME DIRECTOR GENERAL

The State Scsoui Centennial Com I.
mission will begin work on the world
fair rlans March 30. On that date the
twenty five commissioners appointed By
Governor Sproul will meet at the Relle-
vue. .Stratford and organize for work,
The commission was created by the
1921 Legislature. and the first meeting
was announced today. by Thomas
Robins. organizer and chairman OF fhe
I body. Governor Sproul will be present
~ the first meeting and will outline the
work which ~ Is TO undertake.
The commission was organized under
an act Of tho Legislature which np.
propriatrd $4,000 for its expenses. The
commissioners will nay an extended
visit to the Park Par kway site and
will take up at once th" naming OF n
director general For III" fair. in the
selection Of whom they claim to have an
equal voice with tho Executive Com.
mittcr.
The Executive Committee of the fair
will meet tomorrow in tho Mayors Of
tho frir. Several members OF the FIX
ccutivc Committee arc known to hold
tho view that no director general should
bc appointed.
John II. Mason and Alba Johnson
argue that more satisfactory results may
be obtained without n director general.
"At the Centennial Exposition there
were two directors" Mr.. johnson said.
zone Of whom succeeded the other. They
were mere fgurchcads. Both wcrc COM
plctc failures.
''rhc same thing was true at the Chi
cago fair At the st. Louis fnir they
would not have a director general. There
were fourteen directors in charge Of the
different departments. They operated
under the leadership Of the president Of
the association. This system proved to
be very much better than that used at
the other expositions.
''San Francisco had no director gen.
cral for It's fair. The exposition was
handled by four directors. and II was
handled very successfully.
The problem Of director general
for the Scsqui Centennial is still an
open question. 1t has not been decided
II depends largely upon the capacity
and availability Of the man considered
for the place.
'Of course. the name Of Herbert
Hoover rrccludcd opposition to u large
extent. because Mr.. lloovrrs rcpu.
tation for getting things accomplished.
But Mr.. Hoover apparently is unavail-
able for the position.
$50 Il II u very renl question as to
whether n director general, should one
he chosen. would be OF any value what.
over to the SeSoui Centennial
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
JUDGE AGAIN R|lEO
over BOOZE CASES
Dry Agents Late Appearing as
Witnesses-Thomp
Sounds Warning
ONE TRIAL FINALLY STARTS

Judge Thompson again today rebuked
prohibition agents who failed to be in
Court at the trials of saloonkccpers,
and declared he would not tolerate
"dilly -dallying" In bringing cnses to
tria.
There were sixteen cnses on the lat
for trinl today. and before one of the
prosecutions got under way an hour
was lost because neither lawyers nor
prohibition agents were in Court. Fin
ally jury was drawn. but Il was dis
covered that one of the prohibition
agents was absent. and the list was
jockeyed again until it was announced
q, that the Goysrnment was ready, to try
Christian Werner. T. saloonkccper.
Frankford avenue and Wcstmoreland
street.
The delay incensed Judge Thompson.
The witnesses in these cases." be de-
clarcd. must stay in this courtroom,
will not have this dilly .dallying. The
court calendar is conRcsted. and we
have already lost an hour this morning
which would not have been. had these
witnesses been In court"
There are more than $50 liquor cases
on the trial calendar for this term of
court. Judge Thompson has been try
W TeVu'' Nuc uuHUV', DuI Ill SIItt
Of orders he gave last week that all
witnesses. particularly prohibition
agents. must be in court on time and
remain until adjournment. agents ap-
pear to have disregarded the instruc-
tions.
Several Of the cases today were con-
tinued because of the absence Of coun-
sci for the defendants, and in every
ease that was called one or more Gov
ornmcnt witnesses were absent
There nrc sixteen cases on the cnl-
cndar.' added Judge Thompson. "and
surely at least one Is ready for trial"
Meanwhile there was scurrying Of
prohibition agents and bailiffs for the
missing witnesses, and ultimately Wpr-
nor was placed on trial. Then there
was mix-up. as Frank +. Hubert.
dry agent. wns reluctant to take the
witness stand because he had visited
Werncr's plac" on day not men.
toned in tho indictment.
Hubert and Assistant United States
Attorney Friedman appeared to be
having row at counsel table, with
Friedman pushing Hubert toward the
witness Stand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
DODGE OUT OF PRISON;
TO FACE NEW CHARGES
Millionaire Writes Article on View
Of Jail Lie

Detroit. March 2O.-tBy 4. P.)---
John Duval Dodge. possessOr Of a for
tune Of $1,000 900. loft the House Of
Correction this morning with 81 In his
pocket. having completed ivr- day
prison sentence for automobile speeding.
lie was allowed to slip unobscrvc'l
through a back door. and was whiskc'l
away in prison automobile to the home
of his father. in law. NJ. =. O'Connor,
in this city. Dodge left 80 hurrielly
he forgot to take with him his sterling
silver cork~rew.
Although his punishment for violat-
ing the city speed limit is ended, with
exception of loss Of his drivers license
for n year. Dodge is not yet" out of
tho woods Tomorrow morning he
must appear in court at aklamazoo and
face a charge of reckless driving, fol-
Gently during which Miss Emelnc
Kwakernaak. Western State Normal
student. jumped from Dodge's car while
It was travelling at high rate Of speed
and sustained serious injuries. This
charge disposed Of, Dodge is scheduled
to be arraigncd on n charge of vioat:
ing the prohibition laws. 1t is alleged
he carried liquor on the Joy ride.
Dodge put in several hours yesterday
writing an article for the Detroit House
Of Correction newspaper, Progress.
published by the prisoners. Dodge's
article follows in part:
'Iour conception and my conception
of prison life have been decidedly
erroneous. We all were of the opinion
TINT prison officials were cruel. burly
bruisers. with no humanitarian motives.
We thought inmates of prisons were. on
the whole. coarse. illitcrate ruffians.
beaten and cowed until there was no
left In them. We were wrong.
During my enforced incarceration 7
have been greatly impressed by ON"
thing. that prison officials are extremely
humane and that inmates are decidedly
human
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
BORDER Of ULSTER
LIKE BATTLE FRONT
constables Within Rifle Range
and Continually Firing at
One Another
PEOPLE TERROR. STRICKEN
By the Associated Press

10islOn. March 2O,--'rhc border lint
Of Ulster is described as like a battle
front" by the Evening News Belfast
, correspondent. who says rival forces o'
the Irish republican nrmy and Of tlstcl
special constablcs were actually within
rife range and continually firing at each
other during the week end.
The rombatants were too well Con
ccalcd for serious losses to be inflicted,
and the exchange Of fire was mainly
intended to prevent the springing oi
surprise attacks. As an extra prccau :
tion. the area between the two forces
was sprayed with machine gun fire at
intervals.
The rival armies. continues the cor
respondent. are gradually creeping closer
10 each other, and The first collision Is
expected 10 occur on the frontier near
Caledon. County Tyrone.
'''lhc sound of the blowing up Of
bridges on the Ulster border during the
week lend could be heard miles away y
adds the dispatch. The northern
forces were mainly responsible. and as
the result of their activities every i'm. 4.
portant bridge leading from the free
state has been demolished. while hun
dreds Of roads have been trcnchcd and
closed with trees.
THE tension is already beginning to
affect the inhabitants behind the battle
Inc. The l'nionists nlong the frontier
are much pcriurbcd over the menace Of
invasion and have asked that more pro
lection be afforded them. Many close
to the battle zone. which is no man y
land. have had to cvacuate their houses.
which Immediately have been occupied
By the fighting forces.
Belfast, March 2O.--(By A. P.)-.
Gunmcn were again active in Belfast
today. a number Of carriers proceeding
to work were stopped by a man who
pointed a revolver at them and ordered
them back. In the ensuing alterca tion
one Of tn" carriers was wounded. An
ashmnn employed by the city was
wounded in the inv while working in
the Ballymacorrctt section. The police
barracks mt Maghcra. County London
derry. was captured during the night.
A constable was shot dead at Tober-
more. near Maghcro. by raiders on.
gagged In cutting wires and obstructing
the road.
The garrison nt the Maghcra bar
racks consisted Of three members of
the regular police force and eight spe.
cials. who were surprised by an over
whelming force. Previous to the at.
tack the roads had been blocked with
trees. trenches had been cut and a
bridge destroyed. Telegraph communi.
cation also was interrupted. The raid
crs obtained fourteen rifles.
Melbourne. Australia. March co.
(By A. P.l-The police have taken the
names of twenty.six leaders and or
ganizcrs of last Fridays procession in
Celebration Of st. Patrick's Day, which
was carried out in defiance Of the City
Councils veto. The list includes the
name Of Archbishop Mannix. who in his
speech at the celebration said he was
CAD there were peopl" in Ireland who
were protesting against the Ang,o. Irish
Treaty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
STRIKE POLICY FOR
SOFT:COAL Miners
Committee to Meet in Cleveland
Friday to Prepare for
Walkout April I
CALL ISSUED By LEWIS
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
WasliNgtsN. March 2o.--Thc General
Policy Committce Of the United Mine
Workers Of America vas culled today
to meet Friday in Cleveland. to formu.
late policy to BE- followed BY the
bituminous miners when work Is tsus-
pended April I. The call was Issued
By John l.. Lewis. international presi-
dent. and antodnccd here today.
The Policy Committee, which was
appointed By the international conven-
tion at Indianapolis in February. has
full md absolute authority 10 conduct
the affairs Of the union during the sus-
pension.
It consists of ll6 men az follows !:
Twenty -four members Of the 1nterna-
tiOnal Executive Board thirty. two
members Of the Scnle Committee Of
Western Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiann
and Illinois. the four States composing
the central competitive Held: three
representatives from each of the nine
teen outlying districts, fifty .seven In
all. and the three international Of.
hccrs.
Authority to deal with all matters
in connection with the suspension and
the negotiations for new wage agree
ment Is contained In the following dec
laration, adoptcd by the convention:
For the purpose Of meeting In n
practical and constructive way all un-
forcsecn emergencies which may arise.
policy committee composed OF the
Scale Committee Of the central COM
pctitivc field, three representatives from
each Of the outlying districts, members
of the International Executive Board
and the internat tionM officers, is au-
thorizcd to take such action for tho
protection OF our best interests ms cir
cumstanccs may require. and to advise
the membership upon unexpected de-
vclopments which may arise and which
cannot now be forescen.
Haxietcn, Pa, March N.-tBy A.
P.)-The anthracite wage conference
will get down to real business tomorrow
afternoon at . o'clock. In the Cni6n
League Building in New York. Meet.
ings will be held beginning Mondays or
Tuesdays and ending Fridays each week
until some definite development occurs.
Thomas Kennedy. chairman OF the
Hard Coal Scale Committee, today dc.
MED reports quoting him as saying that
the miners would nccept a renewal of
the present agreement as a compromise
OH their wage demands. He said he
would press all the demands Of the
Shamokin convention. declaring ''prog.
grcss must continue to be the slogan
Of the anthracite mine workers, and
adding. I'VE will fight for those sub
stnntiul measures Of Justice to watch
the men are entitled
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
ANOTHER "SPOOK" CAUGHT
But II Was Man In White Pajamas
This Time

4 rival of the Antigonish ghos, made
its appearance on North Twenty third
street early yesterday morning. John
Graham, 1927 North Twenty. third
street. was the Mary Ellen" rcspon.
sblc for the phenomenon. when hc ran
along the rear porches of nearby houses
clad only in white pajamas.
The role Of DIR. Prince was plnycd
by Patroman Robert Wise, of the Nine.
tecnth and Oxford streets station, who
surprised the ''spook' in n third floor
room and pursued Graham. The ar.
rested man was wanted for the theft
Of an automobile March . lie was
held in $500 bail by Magistrate Robcrts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
1ooAv's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Freedman; 2oio nnkdale e.
Grant 4. Miller, s%p :al st. and Eunce
John d. stewart, 1455 \. E7th st.. and irene
s. Fisher. Columbia: Pa
Rcssic Brown. ,hol south st. SO '"'
George G.; Dra.n aoaa coral ST.. and Flor.
ence White, 3OSa Coral St. W.
GuStayus Wet, Now York city. ard IIoronco
Il. Sam!serm, 2llS Sprins Garden 81,
Nisoa Ma'r:sSano 4ia HsS H st.. st. T'Sd9r1Sa and Easc
Harry a Msnnsa ilss !. 18th st.. and Ida
ASd.iSy, HffsS'DsS; fs.s xrsh Ssv' YARD and Mary
DsMd ps-rishs go Mole. ST.. and Nancy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
WILD MAN" DISCOVERED
IN CAVE NEAR LAKEWOOD
Mysterious Hermit viii Be Exam.
incd for insanity

Spcc'a! Dispatch to Evcniro Public Lcdscr:
Toms River. \. j.. Mnrrn 2O.--Oraan
County officials were taking Il keen in.
tercst in Henry = N"hring. wild
man" who was dis, rcd in n cave
several days ago by rkcwood police
and brought here for keeping pend
ing an inquiry into lii.' unity. Reports
that he had twice b"rn confined in an
asylum could not be verified.
"Nehring" went to Lakewood late
last summer and was employed by n
contractor. Soon after that time he
suddenly disappeared The man is about
forty eight years old. lie was found in
a caveliko dugout matched with foliage.
broken boards and mud -p)astercd leaves.
Search Of his rotten and mouldy
clothing, which had been hanging to
him for months, revealed SO in cash
and three checks for SIG as wages.
There was no floor to the cave which
was soggy in places. The source Of his
food supply was believed TO be one Of
the hotels in the pines nearby. When
taken into custody the man declined to
talk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
MAN HANGS HIMSELF:
NOTE BlAMES WOMAN
Police Unable to Identity Victim
Found In Hotel

Police Unable to Identify Victim
Found In Hotel
Laying blame for his crime to a
woman. IA fifty FIVE. year old man com. L.
mitted suicide yesterday in the Palace
Hotel. Race street near Eighth, by
hanging himself to n steam pipe. He
was registered as August Gery. no ad :.
dress.
"Nellie. you were the cause Of my
deed" This was contained in n note
found on the bureau. There was moth :
ing more. not even a signature.
Gcrz registered Saturday night and
went to his room. A clerk heard groans
in the room yesterday morning. Break.
ing in he found the man hanging from
an overhead steampipc. still alive. lie
had taken fire. escape rope, made a
moose of it and threw one end over the
pipc. Then he had evidently .jumped
from the bed. He was found stranp. =.
ling with his feet only a few inches
from the floor.
The clerk called the police and the
man was rushed TO the Hahnemann
Hospital, but died on the way.
The police have no idea who the man
Is. There were no identifying marks
in his clothing. His body wns taken
to the morgue.