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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
GUARD AMERIc IMcHINA
AS WAR CLOUDS THREATEN
Allied Fleet % Land Troops " Neess.
sary for Protection

Pekin, April 27. - (By A. P.)-
Measures to protect American and other
foreign interests here have been ex-
pedited in view of the threatened hos.
tilities between the forces Of Generals
Chang Tso- Lin and WI Pei.Fu. ..
Train service to the coast has not
been suspended, but Is irregular. The
legations are prepared to order seizure
Of the railroad to keep it in operation
should serious interference develop.
Thus far nothing but precautionary ac-
tion has been taken. but It Is stated
that an allied feet will land troops, II
necessary. to keep communications open
between Pekin and the sea, in com.
pliance with the protocol of 1901.
One hundred and seventy five blue.
jackets and marines are expected to
arrive today to re. enforce tho guard Of
the American Legation. The men are
from the United States cruiser Albany.
which was ordered north from Shang.
hal. and tents have been erected for
them in the American, compound in the
Legation quarter. y. .
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DEATHS

YARp;-At her h.Gore residence, 32l 8; 18th st..
VAN REM ssEi.AER. beloved wife OF br.
John l.: u,, Yard. Service and intsrment
IREL LkNp.--IApril, ,25.. MARY E. MOORE.
Funeral services. SATURDAY.. q p. NJ. 6oii
Kershaw ave. !ntsrment Evergreen Gem.
BsAcKTs.@April pril 20. MARY, daush,er of
late William and Margaret Backus. Fu-
is.s resid.nee. SsoS Hazel ave. Vii intsrmest s ent
LUTz.1-on April 20. 1922. at the resi-.
LTTz, ST. Fans;si and intsr%eni sunday sunday
s.na q q EiamsD GEoRaE L W. s, sS,
year., Relatives and friends, also members
Church, Class No. O., and Lodge No. O. r.
and A. NJ. are invited to attend funeral
services: Saturday. . p. M at late resi-
dsnce. d. Ns issS = Cambria isGi q: Interment pr.
John f. HxRas6 sx.S a g. Hgr serxcss e.
%s,s Horse Pike. Rsrin. N Ss ffss',Ss"ssi fa'.lmsi
,s nfIIS sHS!TaSs1a' ai' as JOHN j.. husband o.
Saturday, $50 a. NJ, from the residenss ness,i "
his daughter. Mrs. J. II. DoIan, 200 Cynwyd
Fh.rSS fa GSy11Sys r.. H.:h .hm.n, mas; ST Mathew
stsry. - -
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Bandit Kills Man
at Fiancee's Feet
Continued from rage Ore

Continued from Fage Ore
Of a man to assert his rights. lie was
in the navy, you know. and had that
spirit.
"fIe opened the door and saw n man
standing on the sidewalk in front OF
the car. The man taunted him. That
was too much for Frak. 1t made his
blood boil. y
TO step aside. The man struck nt him
and they fought desperately. The other
men in the cur looked on. Then Frank
and the robter fell to the sidewalk.
l ran to help Frank and screamed.
81 was within a few feet of him when
thc robbcr pulled n revolver and fired.
Frank groaned and fell backward. He
fell in my arms and his lips formed
good by. Then l heard several shots
and must have tainted. When / came
to, they said Frank had been taken
away. l hoped against hope all night
that perhaps he was only unconscious.
I cannot believe he Is dead
Acting Detective Curt and BaldinO,
of the Fifteenth street and Snyder ave-
nue. station. are hopeful of capturing
Flora's murderer. They believe the
men are members Of IN organized gang
The men. according to the police.
work in conjunction with others in
Camden.
Were Childhood Sweethearts
Flora lived at zoos Madison avenue,
Oaklyn, with his father. Nicholas, and
two brothers. Joseph and Alfred.
He had known Miss Grass since they
were both children. For twenty years
Flora lived with his family at West
Berlin, \. j.. and Theresa boarded
with relative next door. The two
grew up together, and it was always
understood that some day, when Flor
had got on bit in the world, they
would be married.
1t was part of Floras duty at hl'
garage to stay until midnight. He die
so all but one night week, which h'
always spent with Theresa.
Last evening he went home at G:3t
! o'clock, washed up and had supper
and told his family that he was goins
over to Philadelphia to spend the eve
ming with his sweetheart. They wer'
told at 4 o'clock this morning by th'
police that he had been killed.
Flora served in the navy during th'
war. lie enlisted in June Of 1918 an'
was discharged in February Of 1919
He served at the Great Lakes Nava
| Station.
The young mans parents say tina
lie had no enemies. and they are con
vinced that the man who shot him wa
simply a highwayman.
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Counsel tor Miss Knox Tells
Court Hs Can Prove Charge
BY Children ".
MAY PUT THEM on STAND

Special Dtspotch TO HveainO Psbltc Ledger
Montrose. Vs., April 27.--Witnesses
at the trial Of Miss Sara Euphonia
Knox, charged with the murder Of Mrs.
Margaret Eastlake. former Philadcl.
phian. repeated today details Of the
finding OF Mrs. Eastlakc's body which
closely followed the testimony given
SOME months ago at the trial Of. Roger
Eastlake. the wolnan's husband. who
was acquitted.
The }irst witness was w. r. Hall.
town sergeant at Colonial Beach, where
the murder occurred IN the Eastlakes..
cottage. lie described the position Of
the body when he entered the dwell.
lie said Miss Knox had told him the
morning Of the murder that she had
heard Mrs. Eastlakc call. "Oh, Miss
Knox! Oh, Miss Knox! Hall said
the nurse had told him she had slept in
an Outbuildins near the Eastlnke house
that night becouse 1t was warn and
uncomfortable" at the hotel.
The nurse told him also. the wit.
ness testified, that she had seen n
strange man running from the house
after she heard Mrs. Eastlake coll her.
and had pursued him until he jumped
uHu uASoppouiSI AZ t"S
brush.
Harry NJ. Smith. Richmond. attor.
ney for Miss Knox. said before to,lay's
session Of the trial began that II he
puts the Eastlake children, Roger. Jr..
and Margaret, on the witness stand
for the defense he will prove that East-
lake was present when the murder was
committed. That statement was made
BY Mr.. Smith after the Commonwealth q
attorney. Watt Mayo. had announced
he would put one Of the children on
the stand to prove that Miss Knoa
inquired the whereabouts OF Mrs. East.
lake the morning Of the murder.
The town Is still talking about the
report that Eastlakc has married again.
1t was reported In the town today that
court records at Alexandria. Va, indi.
cate Eastlakc was married March 4 to
Miss Susan Bell Crittenden. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Crittenden. Of
Washington. The ceremony described
in the records at Alexandria was per.
formed by the Rev. Eugene Jackson, Of
the First Baptist Church at Alexan-
dria,
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
] 'SAv|NG'A0,O23,3@'
Secretary Weeks Makes Report
Of Economies Effected for
Military Committee
FuRTAEs cur HOPED FOR

Washington, April Secretary
Weeks sent to tho Senate Military Com
mittee today .'hsstlly prepared" re.
port Of economics 1inausuratcd during
his administration In the War Depart.
mcnt showing total saving Of $AO,.
O23 $50. The report was made in re.
sponsc to a request Of the committee.
In the list Of economy measures poted
by tho Secretary was, elimination OF
certain annual reports and filing meth
ods In his own once resulting In q say:
Ing OF $4,000. He set down. $75, 600
as saved by curtailment in activities Of
the adtutant's generals Office; $45, 900
in the Signal Corps through curtailinent
the Quartermastcr Corps through vari..
Gus curtailments and reorganizat tions (;
$3 400, 900 In the air service through
numerous measures, including remodel.
ing Of otherwise obsolete planes; $534,
100 In tho Ordnance Department
through Limitation Of repairs at per-
manent stations, except as needed to
protect storage and BY other means !;
1904 900 in the chemical warfare serv-
ice through consolidation Of activities
and savings In rentals and overhead |;
$3SO,OOO In the Militia Bureau "by
scaling down the National Guard
equipment and careful study of rife
range proposals, and $S4S, ,24O through
consultations and wage readjustments
under the inland and coastwise water.
ways service. XII.
Other items noted were savings Of
e 600. 900 in general administration |;
$500, 900 in replacing appropria. I.
tions" BY strict oversight of expendi.
lures; 100000 through careful scfu.
tiny Of mileage orders and discOntinu.
ance Of travel not absolutely necessary
IS. 900 900 under n general reserve"
heading.
In connection with the general re-
serve" the statement said:
There is now fair prospect of saw.
ing the entire amount, something more
than $1,000, 600, involving amounts
from various appropriations" A sav.
ing Of $1,75O, 900 In Panama Canal ex :
penditurcs also was reported.
I'm many instances the Secretary
said. these savings have been made at
sacrifice Of conSeniehces and comforts
to the army personnel
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DEAFVESS SIUMPS
FAITH HEALERS
Woman vsxes spiritualist DEM
onstration by Asking Re.
lief Of MalAdy
TWO CURES ARE MADE

Faith healing was demonstrated to-
day atrthc convention Of the Pennsyl.
tania Spiritualists' Association. in the
Hotel Lorraine.
The demonstration went along
smoothly unit, a woman. not nm usso-
citation member. wanted to he cured Of
deafness. Then healer admitted he
was little deaf himself and excused
himself from the tease.
DR.. !. &. Burgess. Of Chicago. was
the first healer TO show the power he
claimed, Hc prcfaccd It with a. state
ment that the III must trust Gin the
great unknown" II they would be re-
stored to health.
The healer continued thnt mankind Is
surrounded by all kinds Of unseen forces
and that great care must be exercised
in getting In touch with the right force.
Otherwise the results would be disas.
trous, he said
DIR. Burgess said some maladics are
caused by possession" Spirits in
wade the bodies Of III persons and must
be driven out, he declared.
The speaker then made way for DR..
A. A. Stewart. Of San Francisco, who
likewise proclaimed himself healer.
lie said the day is coming when all
churches will adopt spiritualism.
Spiritualism In Bible
Take spiritunlism out Of the Bible
and you have nothing but history left. y
he asserted.
DR.. Stewart spoke Of high blood pres
sore and said it was zone Of the big
gest fakes ever known
DIR. Burgess then asked II any one in
the assembly room wanted healing
treatment. One of the convention dele
gntes. n woman. advanced and said shv
had pin in her arm.
Pain Is Cured
The healer asked all the other dele
gates to chant: ~ ask this great heal.
ing force to heal the lady, After this
phrase had been repeated several times
| Dr. Burgess informed his 'patient'
! the pain would leave here in two min
| utes.
At the end Of two minutes the dele
gate said the pain had vanished. a
woman who said she had headache
next claimed the henlcr's attention.
Once more the chant was called for and
| given and the woman said the headache
had flown.
DR.. Burgess then made way for DIR.
Stewart. The latter explained that
while he was healer he was not Il
medium and that patients must tell
him where their pain was.
A woman came forward and told the
healer she was suffering from neuritis
In the arm. DIR. Stewards method was
different from that of his predecessor.
He called for perfect Quietness. prayed
for a minute and then inquired about
the pain. The woman said it was gone.
Mrs. c. V. Morrow. of Pittsburgh.
president Of the association. then asked
! II there was any ''Outsider" present who
wanted a treatment. a woman who
said she was not Spiritualist informed
DR.. Stewart she was suffering from
deafness. ~,
~ must tell you.' said the healer
I"that it is impossible for me to cur,
deafness. / thought ! could do it unit
! began getting deaf myself. and then
4 lost confidence"
! The woman appealed to DIR. Burgess
who said the treatment would require q
long time. The demonstration was
ended abruptly.
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| | ] ! 'B'|R|!Ell ! ! | |! | /
sstsslppI1 Rlysr Flood Pessfs.
out Over Rich Parlshss
!, Ia louisiana,
psoplE FLEE IN AovANclE|. o!'li'll; !:

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Nseelses, MIS-, April "a. ~ Ilocd
WATERS of the Mississippi River, rodr-
Ing through ! rapidly widening cfevasss
n the wscama. IAvse, this morning
reached and entered the town Of Fer.
riday, IA., -four mileS from the break.
The residents had received warning
Of tie approecA II the water In ample
time 70 escape. The town OF vidaun
WITH . popuIation Of 1000, is next II
the path of the Mood, and II expected
70 b0 reached todoy, I, r VI ~.
Six towns ara N tho immediate pasn
Of che waksr. Five parishes are likely
% b inundattd .teya depth OF severa'
III Tireushout cencosdia and CatahoaIs
parishes today TIE only mean, @ , Of COM com.
munication w:s bz hSat. Ine ,s. .ast ,,,shs atsl.
With dood refugees, Practically all 0f
tho two. parishes are covered by water
and large tracts Ii Tensas. Franklin
and, Avoyelles parishes, which. comprise
o. rich farming area devoted largely to
Jnnis, q small sawmill village, IL IN.
undated. I. vidalia n partially protected
by railroad embankment which has
been sacked to serve as q levee. Practi-
tally all livestock In the threatened area
had been removed and the remainder
was taken to the levces to be picked up
by river boats.
Legion Forms Refugee Camp
One hundred former service men Of
the Natchex post Of the American
Legion erected tents today for . refugee
camp here.
Dallas. Tex, April 27.--The general
food situation in North and Central
Texas had shown no Improvement early
today. Several West Texas towns re.
ported an abnormal rainfall with all
creeks ovcrfowing. Two thousand per
sons were reported homeless at Brcck.
enridgc. At Enstland 200 are homeless.
Rescue and relief work is well under
way. .
Fort. Worth, Tex, April 27.--Trin-
ity River was well within its banks
this morning, the gauge showing a drop
Of sixteen feet over night and now reg.
istering seventeen feet. Street car
service was resumed this morning to
oil flooded suburbs.
The dead and missing list is now
forty mine.
Examination of the levee embank.
ments along the river was started today
by investigators Of the lcvee board in
an effort to determine whether the levee
had been dynamited. The board an.
rounced the offer Of $500 reward for
information leading to the arrest OF
any person convicted Of Illegally dy-
naniting the levee system.
New Orleans, April 21.-A break In
the Mississippi River levee Mt pOydras,
about ten miles south Of New Orleans,
was reported today. A section Of the
levee about 100 feet long gave way, the
report said. and about $50 families
were fleeing before the waters. The
break. unless checked, may cover q
large area. -.
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HINDU JAlL.BREAKERS SHOT
Several Killed by Guards at Cal
cutta--Some Escape z

Calcutta. April 27.--(By A. P)--
Discomfort over alleged favored treat
ment of political prisoners is believed
to have been at the bottom of yester-
days convict revolt in the Jail here,
when a break for the gates was made
by about 800 of the men, several of
whom were killed when fired upon by
guards. A few escaped over the walls.
The discomfort came to head when
one of the wardens struck a Moham-
medan prisoner for insubordination. The
other convicts refused to attend meals,
and ultimately armed themselves with
sticks and sledge hammers, and attacked
the warders. One crowd attempted Il
rush the gates while others set fire Il
the jute sheds and oil tanks.
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KOhn Guilty;
He COLLapses

Continued from Page One
aratcly. With monotonous precision the
votes of guilty were recorded until
Juror No. 10 was reached.
Andrassy, the juror, plainly startled
lawyers and spectators alike when asked
for his vote he said:
what do the four counts mean?'
Scott Triumphant
Scott radiatcd triumph. Kohn again
leaned forward at this unexpected de-
Judge Davis. addressing Andrassy,
explained that the counts contained the
specific statements Of the acts alleged
in the indictments.
.'As a Juror has asked for instructions
I ask you to charge the jury further"
said Scott
~ refuse to charge further. I gave
full! instructions yesterday said the
Judge. = -....,
'Then this juror has the right now to
give a verdict of not guilty. Scott re.
piled.
II refuse to give further instruc.
tions. repeated the Judge. THAT man
has signed a sealed verdict
"1'hpn take an exceptiOn. That
man eau vote az his conscience die.
tatcs." was SCOTS rejoinder.
Faces Is Other Indictments
The exception was allowed, and at
Scott's request, the verdict was
recorded on each count.
Assistant District Attorney Kelley,
the prosecuting attorney, then asked
for deferment of sentence. He said the
Commonwealth intends trying Kohn on
fifteen other indictments.
Mr. Scott also asked that sentence
be deferred, pending motion for a
new trial. The request Of opposing
counsel were granted.
Kohn glanced sheepishly toward his
wife as he passed out Of the court on
his way to the cellroom.
In the sixteen bills upon which they
are prepared to prosecute, the Common.
wealth has included embezzlement,
bucket shop, but Assistant District At.
torney Kelley elected yesterday to try
but one bill embodying the first two
charges and involving the sum of $l860.
The prosecutor in that case was Charles
A. Sarazin, 3051 North Tenth street
He was one of the first to take the
stand. and testified as follows:
"On December 1G. 1921. l went tc
the Kohn establishment. at 1922 Wal.
nut street. and put through an order
to purchase fifty shares Of Pennsylva
mia Railroad stock at S33 share. !
paid deposit of $5l1.7S and left. The
next day l received a confirmation oI
the order, and returning on January 4
1922. paid the balance, $114S.51.
asked for my stock certificate. but 1,
was not forthcoming. From that tim,
until January 81, when the brokerage
firm failed. called frequently. bu
never received my stock or the money
! | invested
That was the transaction upon which
the prosecution built its case. Kohr
offered no defense.
According to Mr.. Kelley. Kohn can b,
sentenced to sixteen years imprison'
ment. 4 sentence of four years is thu
possible penalty for each of the foul
counts on which Kohn was convicted.
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POLICEMAN ORDERS
ASTOR TO "BEAT IT.
Bysa sto0 Correspondent

baltimore. April 21.--The most re-
mArkable circumstance connected with
the remarkable mass meeting of the
National League Of Women Voters last
night on the Century Roof occurred
before the meeting was actually under
way.
Approaches to the place were jam
med fight. with 1000 persons trying in
vain to effect an entrance. The police
were lingering their riot clubs lovingly
as they sweated. bRwled and shouted
against the surging tide of human
beings clamoring for admittance.
A quiet self f-contained man Of me-
dium stature wormed his way to the
edge RI the squirming mass and started
to walk by.
..Get back there" roared a minion
. at the law. and he placed a hand like
q ham against the intruder's chest and
pushed him back among his fellows.
4 My WIFE" began the quiet man in
3 low even voice.
q II can't help it about your wife
aaid the patrolmnn. ,fourishing hi
stick. you can't get in and that's all
there il to it.
but I say" the other responded
s'n,y nane"--
"Yer name spells nutin'," exploded
the Officer.
I Is Viscount Astor,' the other con
eiudesl.
well. Viscount. me boy, II you and
7. ~ name aren't out of me sight in tive
SAakes ye;ll land in the station house
Y - beat It,"
s The timely arrival Of u person of in
teliiGence In all probability was all tina
aaved the distinguished visitor from al
embarrassing experience. He wa,
recognized. conveyed past the bulging
Z, eyed Cerberus at the door and led to !
tpromlnent seat, from which point o
vantage he followed the proceedings nj
the meeting. and the remarks OF his
wife IN particular, with the keenest in
tcrest.
Lady Astor's coiffure has aroused
among the delegates an unusual degre,
~ interest and retrospection. 1t is o
the old pompadour and Psyche knot
type tmmortalixed by. the famous Glib
Z son girl" the original OF which Is on'
of her sisters and the wife Of Charles
3UAna Gibson. the artist.
One Of the many regional luncheOn'
hold yestertlays--that one which oc.
! sssrsd At Goarhel College and boasted
I ~ psesence ..,or Jane Addams--wa'
\ 0llsed bx an cbulitlon Of con
"A 3>1V such Aass WAS found now here
~ laaies, IN q matter at fact
- regional and State cheers,
11onee delight Of the students.
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a3lzf fSrp&kon " s,uv<s.As n ~ 4 =. ~sOs
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JOHN J. JORDAN DIES
President Of 10th Century Repub'
Iican Club Was Prominent Mason

John j. Jordan, president Of the
Twentieth Century Republican Club and
for haf century a commanding figure
In Twenty ninth Ward politics, died
early this morning at his home, 25l9
Columbia avenue. Mr.. Jordan was
seventy three years old. He had suf-
fered from a complication of diseases for
several years.
For more than forty years Mr.. Jor-
don had been a contractor and builder,
and he was well known not only be-
cause Of his business and political ac-
tivities, but because Of his many fra
ternal associations. lie was thirty
second degree Mason and a member OF
the Red Men attached to Philadelphia
Lodge. No. 444. lie was also a mem
Der of the Shrincrs.
The dead man leaves a widow. Ida M.
Jordan. and a son. William. He will
be buried on Monday afternoon at 9
o'clock. Interment will be made In
Greenm0unt Cemetery.
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