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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
TREDYFFRIN SCHOOL ROW
WILL GET AIRING TO-DAY
Charges Of Irregularities Against
Two Men Up In West Chester

Charges Of Irregularities made against
two members Of the school board Of the
Tredyffrin district by eleven wealthy
residents OF the district VIII be given
an airing today In West Chester.
The men against whom the custer pc.
tltion Is directed are Samuel W. Toner
and David WhitwOrth.
According to Toner, the petition for
their removal Is u spite thrust inspired
when he defeated Charles NJ. Lea, re.
tired wealthy book publisher, for q d.
rectorship.
Roth sides Of the controversy will
be represented In court. Toner and
Whitworth must file their answer to
the petition today. The hearing on the
complaint will be held at West Chester,
December ..
The petition is signed BY Mr.. Lra,
Mrs. Eleanor Il. Cassatt, II. W. Riddle.
Helen N. Dangee. 7. Truxton Hare,
stevens Heckscher, Robert LcI,outil.
lier, J. II. Trindle, Charles W. Baily
and A. Edward Brinton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
FIREMAN Saves
QU|cKSAND VICTIM
crawls on Plank 70 An Of Man
Sinking % Dsath n
Camden Bog
MIREp FOR FIVE HOURS

Richard Ceilings. fifty years old. oi
East Smithville, Pa, ID still n z
serious condition In Cooper HospitNl,
Camden. aemiconscious and su6erins
shock from his narrow escape from
death in quicksand early yesterday
morning.
He was rescued By police and Gee
men from Q swamp OF Rivor, avenue
near State street shortly before day.
light after having sunk into the mire,
where he wss stuck for almost Ave
hours.
Patrolman Slombowski heard feeble
calls for help from the swamp and by
bis fiashlisht located the man. Only
his bead could be seen above the
level Of the quicksand. Knowing hl
could do nothing BY himself, the 20.
licclnan ran back to the street, N0
feet distant, and summoned aid. A po.
lice ambulance with Sergeant .NayloE
and patrolmen Anderson and Stanton
responded. .... ....
Fireman yoluntssn
It was pitch dark, but lights on Tie
ambulance were thrown upon the
swamp. Seeing that more help was
needed, the rescucrs sent for hre truck
md Deputy Fire Chief Patterson and
others responded. After getting lons
blanks from lumber yard, volunteer
was called for to carry out Q rope "a
i Fireman Dyer undertook the taSk.
Laying boards in front him, Dye
with q rope around bis bsdy to haul him
back. crept cautiously over the trsach.
erous sands to Collinss. When hl
reached him Ceilings was speechless.
Dyer dug into the swamp and placed
a rome under the mans arms, and those
on shore pulled ia both rescusr and
rescued. =,
from Delair, N. J., where he wa,
working, and got OF q trolley car al
River and state streets He attempted
to take a "short cut through thl
swump. which appeared In the dark a'
At the hospital this morning It wa,
said he Is still in q serious condition
but will recover. He IL dazed and semi.
The swamp Is near the General
Chemical Company plant, 200 feet from
the nearest street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
URGE HOSPITALS
FOR DRUG ADD|CTS
Ielles and Fire surgsons at
ltvt Convention Here Advo-
4 eats Medical Treatment
STUDY HEALTH PROBLEMS

Polic~ and FIRE surgeons Of several
cities are meetins 10 the Bellevue.
etratford today to organise the Ma.
tional Association Of Police and Firc
Surgeons and Medical Directors Of
Civil Service Commissions and to dis.
cuss problems arising In the admins.
tsatlon Of their duties.
The problem of the drug user will be
enc Of the important subjects before
the convention, and change In the
method OF handling this class of pris-
0noss will be urged.
Instead Of combining addicts to prisons
while treatment IL administered. the
physicians feel much better results
could be obtained BY committing them
to hospitals. The present custom, OF
considering them as criminals. they
feel, 10 wrong.
Other problems include a study of
means OF improving and protecting the
health Of police and fremen and de-.
Termination Of more efficient means of
treatment for injuries.
DR.. Hubley r. Owen. chief surgeon
Of the Philadelphia Police Department
u father Of the idea Of a national as.
ISOLATION and suggested ii Il year asu
to three visiting police and fire sur
gsons who were his guests.
They are Dr. Joseph Smith. chief OF
the medical staff Of the New York Fire
Department DR.. Charles Russell, oi
this city, and DR.. Daniel l.. Borden.
chief surgeon Of the Washington Police
Department. All were impressed by
the idea and movement to establish
the association was begun at once. The
sessions here today and tomorrow will
Be the first annual convention.
Today's session was opened shortly
after 10 O'Clock with addresses By IN.
rector Cortelyou. of the Department Of
Public Safety, and Superintendent OF
Police William Il. Mills. DR.. Owen
presented paper on The Objects OF
the Convention"
This afternoon the delegates will visit
the Firemens Training School. Seventh
street above Norris. and see demon =
stration of first aid and rescue work.
Tomorrow's program includes clinic
In the Office Of DR.. Owen In City Hall
and q demonstration BY policemen Of
first aid and humane handling of pris.
oners.
Among the subjects to be discussed
viii be ''The Care Of the Convalescen,
Policeman and the Question Of the Pen
sioner," Artificial Respiration. "Ex
aminations for Appointment as Police
men and Firemen," THE IEmergenc,
Treatment Of Wounds and .'Medica
Supervision at Fires"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
65 CHINESE PIRATES
SEIZE BRITISH SHIP
Stirring Scenes Of 200 Years Age
Rs.snaeted On Hlah Seas

Housk0ng. Nov. 20.-(By a. T.,
sixty Ave Chinese buccaneers who
might have stepped from some ancient
log Of the Spanish Main Travelled rs
passengers aboard the British steamer
0ui.A when she left Macao for Hong
kong yesterday afternoon.
Eeising the ship a few miles out. the
pirates held her for thirteen hours.
The crew and passengers made Hong
Kong today. with their captors driver
away In sampans, only AFTER fierce
battie In which two were killed and
several wounded, including the captain
OF the SULTAN. French priest and
another European passenger.
The captains wound Is serious.
The invaders after threatening ia
burn the ship got the upper hand and
locked up passengers and crew. tn,
pirates passed Hong Kong. out at sea.
and began to steam in the direction OF
Swat0w.
Finally. twelve hours later. n Euro.
psap shot and wounded the pirate
chief. The chiefs wife then directed
that the excursion be abandoned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
'W.W.W0ODSOUCHT'
.|NbRoKERSWMDlE.
oallad Real Head Of l. 3. Tay-
4. Ior 4 Co., Sued BY Twenty
Persons
AGED MINISTER RELEASED

Determined efforts to locate Walter
w. Wood, treasurer Of Il. b. Taylor 4
Co., stock brokers, most Of wnoss -.
ers are under arrest for alleged fraudu.
lent transactions Of the Arm, ars being
made By dstsctives today.
Wood d charged ~ four ol6cets Of
the concern a. being the zeal head OF
Taylor 1 Go. and to have appropriated
the money Of clients to establish his
swsetAeart In buslness. Hs has ep.
apparently left the city.
Eight persons have thus TAR been ar.
rested in connection With ths company,s
shsIn hsneS S,,ns stSS'fas tSs Rev. Asher Hoss "a
nous drummer boy Of the Civil War,
and formerly SECRETARY Of the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad 7. NJ. O. A. His con.
nection with the case lies In having In.
troduced salesman Of the firm TO an
aged couple and to have helped induce
them to place their life savings with
tie brokers. They lost Se506. Mr..
Hess II III at his home. He collapsed
following his arrest. i
Efforts to gain. the discharge Of Mr..
Hess are expected to be made by many
Of the twenty or more prosecutors when
preliminary hearings are given the pris.
oners tomorrow. Al the request Of State
Representative Clinton Sewers, repre-
senting several OF the prosecutors, the
minister. who is seventy three years old
was released on his own recognisance
for further hearing BY MaEistrats
Coward Saturday, while other defend.
ants were held In bail Of from $1,000
to $4,000 each.
ALTHOUGH county detectives believe
they nipped the L. .. TAYLOR Company
the bud, they have, nevertheless, started
mine just how much this concern sue.
ceetled in getting from Ito alleged vic
Tins. ~
At the present time the customers Of
the. company who have complained to
the office Of the District Attorney mum.
loss Of approximately SD, 900.
From the accounts Of the modus oper-
andi of the company, as given by de.
tectives who have worked on the case
and the lawyers who have been inter.
ested In the prosecution, the entire bust.
ness Of the concern was nothing more
than deliberate steal without any pre-
tence at doing legitimate business.
The only and most important arrest
needed to complete the case, as far 90
the prisoner are concerned. IL that Of
Walter w. Wood, treasurer of the com.
pany, who IL charged BY four Of the Of.
hcers under arrest with being the real
head Of the company and who is said
to have appropriated the money. Wood
was sought all day yesterday, but all
efforts to find him were futile.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
PRIEST IS KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE
The Rev. isaders cortssl Run Down
at Vjneland, N, J., crosslno

at Vineland, N. j., Crossing
Automobile accidents in and near
Philadelphia caused the death yesterday
OF a priest on his way to conduct serv.
ices, the serious injury Of q young
woman and minor injuries to nineteen
other persons.
The priest is the Rev. lsadore Cor
test. forty six years old. who had been
in charge Of parishes ut Landisville and
Minotolo. y. j.. for the last twelve
years. While on his way to the latter
town to hold services yesterday morning
his automobile was struck by a train ut
vineland.
The priest was buried in the mass Of
wreckage, every bone in his body being
broken. and death IL believed to have
been instantaneous.
John Crown. 2728 Ingram street,
who was injured in an automobile ac.
cident on October 30. died yesterday in
Howard Hospital. John Taviano. 73l
South Sixth street, driver Of the ma I.
chine which hit Grown. was re.
arrested and held without bail to await
action Of the Coroner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
EVENING PUBLIC NOvE1BNR
DETECTlvE'a NOTE
BRINGS ADHE9T
)mprlsensd Wills TraIIina yvsssh.
man, Hs orepe Line co. rpafS.
nsr" 0vtsldo

r nsr" 0Utslds ~
Ernest Bees, iety.two years old, Of
Fifty -secpnd ail TloMpsoNJ streets,
htsht watchman. 1t OppbphoJln, Col.
lins2 4 Co.'S store, 1901 CHESTNUT
street. was arrested last nig6t when
City Detectiye Farrell, hiAdSn n ths
ss9.,,9 store YrSs %s,.. sS N BIN s.Ss' '
his coat no he made bis rounds.
Managers Of the store hDd' been pps.
zled for months by the diieppeer rhnce
Of small articles. Detectlvys Farrell
and Schccklen were sent to lnyestisate
and decided Il was an "insids job.V
Farrell won't to the store yesterday
afternoon and remained In hiding. He
saw the watchman make his Asst trip
around the store, but nothing happened,
The next time bees came around, how :
ever. Farrell said he saw him push rev.
cral articles under BIZ coat. fesrell
then came out Of his hiding place, but
found lie was locked In the story. HI
dropped q note out Of 4 window Ia
Sschecklen, who was waitlns, 70 arresI
According to the detectiyes, Bscs
confessed taking articles from the store,
because he could not resist the tempta .
tion. At his home. the detectiyes found
ho had not disposed Of any OF the
stolen goods, which consisted chiefly
of silk waist, stockings and other small
articles. W
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
DUE HERE
FOR conferences
cabinst and speaksrshlp
Speculation Renewed With
Arrival Of oovernor-slect
NO PLACES FILLED YET

Governor. elect Pinchot IL expected 10
arrive here from Milford late this after.
noon for series Of conferences which
will continue throughout the week.
With his return to the city. spccu.
lation over the cabinet and the speaker.
ship will be- renewed with vigor. 1nfor.
nation In Mr.. pinchOt's Gfiice was to
the effect that ali reports OF selections rs
having been made for the cabinet nrc
premature. This statement was par.
ticularly with reference to report that
Mrs. Mary Finn Lawrence. Of Pitts.
burgh. had been appointed Secretary OF
the Commonwealth In the Pinchot
cabinet.
Generally speaking, all was exceed. .
ingly quiet in political circles today.
W. Harry Baker, State chairman, and
Governor SprGul were in Harrisburg,
and Congressman vare was in Wash
inyton. The only sign Of activity wns
in the Office Of the Governor. elect.
where the private secretary, p. 8.
Stahlencker, was busy with callers and
mail. Both callers and the letters, In
most instances. discussed the avail /.
ability Of men and women for Jobs ut
Harrisburg.
Governor Sproul called attention to I.
day to the fact that William T..
Sweet. the newly elected Democratic
Governor Of Colorado, was graduated
from Swarthmore College in the class
Of 1890. Both Mr.. Sproul and Mr..
Sweet were undergraduates together.
Governor. elect Sweet played quarter
back OIL the Swarthmore football team
Of those days, which was one Of the
first notably strong Swarthmore elevens.
Prof. Clyde l.. King, chairman o,
the Pinchot Citizens Committee on
State Finances, expects that Governor
Sproul and the Governor elect will
speak at tomorrow's meeting Of the
committee in the City Club.
Governor Sproul. 1t is believed, will
appoint James Gay Gordon, Jr.. to
the vacancy on the Common Pleas bench
caused by the death of Judge Rogers,
either tonight or tomorrow. II is un /.
derstood there Is no reason for suppos /.
ing that the Governor will select Juines
A. Walker for the vacancy despite re-.
cent reports TO that effect. Statc Rep.
resentative Walker was floor leader ut
Harrisburg for the Sproul. Crow forces
at the last session.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
STEAL GAS TO OPERATE
h.. MOONSHlNE "PLANT"
Fiibsrt Street Raid Nets Three stIIl,
and Booze Ingredients

Policemen Of tho Peach and Medis
streets station early this morning IN.
covered large moonshins plant IN. Q
raid on a supposedly unoccupied house
at 62l6 Filbert street. Three 100. gal.
lon stills In operation and large guam.
titles Of ingredients were seized. A.
man in charge Of the house escaped By
jumping through second.story win.
dow into the gard.
Curious about the place, Lieuteuaut
Graham ordered an Investigation md
the raid resulted. It was made b. 4
sergeant and two district detectives.
Their approach was noted By the one
man In the house, who ran to the e.
oni floor, with the detectives after hlm.
They fred, but none OF the shots tsok
The stills were run By gas thssush
three large heaters. The, heatseo WStD
supplied ibr., means Of an inch apd .
ba[} pipe which tapped the 0aS NAH q
the street. Among the ingrsdlSnls
seized were corn sugar. 16O ,gsllonS y
mash, 250 pounds Of yeast and tn gsl.
Ions Of moonshins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
POSTAL CLERK ARRESTED
oseoy Letter Trapped NorrIstown
Man, According to Inspector

Joseph Rosenberry. thirty eight
years old, u postal clerk In the Nor
ristown Postothce for eight years, was
arrested last night By Postal Inspector
Jennings when caught taking q II bill
from a letter in the pOst0tfice.
letters have been missing from the
mails IN N0rristown for some time.
according to postal inspectors, and last
night Jennings secreted himself in the
building. When he saw Rosenberg
open the letter he arrested him. The
lctter was decoy and the bill was
marked. ROsenberry, charged with
robbery Of the mails, will have a hear
tug today before United States Com
missioner Mnnley In this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
TopAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Thomas 3. Watson. 2020 Arch st.. and
wss;$S k kc'iissss. iisss. iSss sss: 1;ss s.; saa Mar,
stephen zasaSki. 2ssa 2ssas salTon e.. and Stella
x.Snsss Mmsss'fswsS; stoS HsMIonst HAM9Ifs g. L. and
Isfio.Is Wsstsctt. i2Si N. 9Th 1t.
ofFiSn For.nss e. 'tbsi W. eslS isih 'na r.
sfass.is HSr:sE & e'&S &l'I:s slf'sss 49, and Avert.
Frank :, Atkins; Jsss Aisoons: Pa. and
Antonio IT, FissSs :is iSiS TsasTsi St: and Tsrs'.
MSsSS; Wf'sSky; y;.sS MsSafN s n n J.. and Eliza.
chsries % J. siiysrfhorn, n 80 sp.s Terrace st.. and
Mary L. 0uiGloy.. l8sS Moys mensinE ave.
niF , Ssi Fi;Sss sis;s sSsSssaS ssa 4 3,',na.oa ana >.
'0sn and Alice NsKinney. 3eSS Ceasr q. ''''
Alfred =; sidddlsSy; dsSS nal iSSg ~ 18TH st.. and
Arthur. u. Edmones,. 1880 g.; Garnett st.. and
Hasysy. "; SNYDER, TIekahSs; n j.. and
Charles qilien. Darby. Pa. and Agnes Gray.
Owen q MorSan. 1924 N. warnock It,, and
Matilda L. Dumas. 16lo Darien st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
CHANDLER CASE DELAY
Counsel for Accused Brokers Haa
Trial Continued to December 4

Judge Stern today granted u motion
TO continue the case against Fre,l u.
Chandler. Jr., and Earl T. Mendcn.
hall, partners in Chandler Bros 4 Co.,
bankrupt brokers, until December T..
The two men, recently acguitted BY
q Jury on charges Of fraudulent con.
verslon aud embezslement on one IN.
dictment. face trial on several other
indictments on the same chsrges.
Their ettoyAsyy, Joseph Gllhllan and
Gi'hsr'ss wssIsy; as' -. hsssS snsis sII a. Est!,
!; : ::!|';s i;;s.'; :::' ;;s;s an. !; s's''':' w
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
Elmer A. Kirkpatrick

Lancaster, Pa. Nov. 20.--(By A.
P)--Elmrr a. Kirkpatrick. city editor
Of the Lancaster Intelligencer, died this
morning Of pneumonia. In his thirty
second year. lie was born In Harris
burg and IL survived by hts parents.
his widow, u daughter, two brothers ana
q sister. lie was employed at various
times on the Harrisburg Patriot, the
Towanda Review and the Philadelphia
PUBLIC LEDGER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
CAMDEN COUNTY SHERIFF
TO MARRY TELEPHONE GIRL
Bridal Party slips Away to New
York for the Ceremony

Sheriff Hatch. Of Camden County.
and Miss Elizabeth Il. Dobbins, tele.
phone operator In the Camden County
Courthouse. slipped away from their
posts Of duty today and went to New
York to be- married.
Sheriff Hatch u vice president of
the Merchants Trust Company, Of
Camden. and Is fifty years old. His
bride Il thirty.
Accompanying the couple to New
York were Alr. and Mrs. Morgan
Hatch, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sharp
and Mrs. Alice Miller, q sister of the
bride.
ON their return Mr.. and Mrs. Hatch
will reside ut Delair, n. j.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
CARDINAL MERCER Ill

Brussels. Nov. ?0.-Cardinal Mer.
cier, rriplate Of Belgium. is iii. lie /,
suffering from q bad case Of. influenza
which In itself IL not considered BY the
attending physicians AZ alarming. bu,
there is some fear By them of compli.
cations which. on account Of the age
Of the prelnte. might give his case q
more serious turE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
TOOTH AND NAIL FIGHT

Intruder Flses East Cambria street
House After Biting Occupant
Benjamin Goldberg, 2804 East Cam.
bria street, was surprised on his return
from work this morning to And an un.
invited guest sprawled comfortably In
Goldberg's favorite chair In the living
room.
Goldberg ordered the intruder to
leave.
In the fight that followed Goldberg
suffered a Bitten finger, but retaliated
by scratching the stranger on the face.
Finally the man foored Goldberg, ran
through the rear door and disappeared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
Dr.. Patton Lectures Here Tonight

DR.. Francis l.. Patton will begin a
series Of five lectures at Calvary Pres
byterian Church tonight. Since retiring
from the presidency Of Princeton Theo.
logical Seminary, DR.. Patton has been
living in Bermuda. His lectures will
deal with the general subject Of funda;
touch upon the spread Of rationalism In
Protestant Christianity, and some Of
the matters now vGxing the Presbyterian
Church. DR.. Patton will be the guest
Of George V. Massey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
St. Mlchae,s' Postotfiee Robbed

Easton. Nd. Nov. 20.----(By 4. P.)
Thieves broke into the 'postofice at
st. Michaels. twelve miles from here,
early this morning and took 81 from the
stamp drawer. They also entered the
office of the building and loan associa-
tion. about block away, but found
nothing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
ACCUSES HIS MANAGER
OF SELLING TWO STORES
Norrlstown Candy Dealer Returns
From Greece to Find Himself Poor

When Peter Memphis sailed away
two months ago to his home In Greece
he had two candy stores in NOrristown
and tangible assets OF almost two thou :
sand dollars. but when he came back
he discovered he no longer possessed
the stores and that his assets were nil.
James Krikallis. thirty five years
old, the manager whom he had left In
charge Of his business, Is In prison
Mt NOrristown today charged with hav-
Ing sold the stores for $500 and stolen
receipts Of $1,000. Detectives arrested
Krikallis In New York Saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
JAIL FOR DRUNKEN DRIVER
Cambridge, N. j., Man Also 10 Fined
$26 In Camden .,e-.

For driving his automobile while In
toxicatcd. Carl Burzis, Of Cambridge,
n. j.. was sentenced today by Recorder
Stackhouse In Camden. to two months
in Jail.
haye a license on his machine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
HUNTED H0LO.UP MEN
camden Prisoner With Pistol Gets
Three Months Sentence

Eugene Tracy, twenty six years old,
HeS Sentsnced TO three months In the
CSMAsn County jail BY Recorder
GfRekhouss today following his arrest
of tlght on 4 charge of drunkenness.
SifS found . ~ -caliber pistol In
w. tet. He told the Judge he was
m ol hold. .up men who had
M Ttsfy lives at 40 Master
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
HERMIT FOOLS THE WIND


William Ware, hermit, who was
taken from his cave in the woods near
Camden last week and brought hack Ia
civilization 1.-THE Camden County jail)
on charge Of failure to provide prop
erly for his wife and children. IL rapidly
succumbing to the uplifting influence
Of Jail civilization.
Today Ware borrowed the miller,
razor and shaved for the first time m
q year. A beard several inches Ions
was removed. His next step, he said
will be- to get a haircut at the first op (.
pOrtunity. That, too, will be the firs
In . year and the lucky barber to WHOM
the contract IL awarded will have tn,
pleasure OF removing hair a foot l0pl
from the cave dweller's Uranium. wv