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VOL. VIII. NO. 8G
FIND FORTUNES 10
Miner Empleyes of Wilkes-Barre
Company Among Members
of Purchasing Syndicate
"JERSEY CENTRAL CROWD,"
OF COURSE, DON'T APPEAR
!i
Men Drawing Lew Salaries Able
te Put Up Thousands te
'Purchase' Concern
Can men of relatively humble posi
tion and salary buy stock running into
tens of thousands of dollars?
The Reynolds Syndicate, which ban
jast bought the Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre Ceal Company from the old ".Ter
By Central crowd," says that they
tan at least In Its list of subscribe
tn It shows mine superintendents,
clerks and engineers credited with big
blocks of the coal company stock.
The Lehigh and Wilkes -Barre Ceal
Company Is by long odds the most prof
itable anthracite mining property in
America and has been held for years by
the New Jersey Central Railroad. Re
cently the United States Court ordered
the sale of this property te the best ad
vantage of the New Jersey Central
stockholders.
A committee decided that the Rey
nolds Syndicate bid although It was
net the highest was the beat, de
spite the fact that hundreds of thou
sands of dollars' worth of the stock went
te men whose annual Incomes scnrcclv
tuffice te meet the Grst payment en their
subscriptions.
In the list of members of the Reynolds
Syndicate are several names of resi
dents of Wilkcs-Barre, the center from
Welcb the actual mining opcratelns of
the Lehigh and Wllkes-Barre Ceal
Company radiate.
Salaries Net Stupendous
Before going ever the list of names it
Is fair te estimate the average salaries
nf men holding miner executive posi
tions with n big coal-mining company.
"Colllery superintendent" has a mouth
filling found, nnd it is nn hour-filling
Jeb, but the cnvclepc-fl'ling fpature is
net exactly commensurate with nil .the
ether "filling" features. A colliery su
perintendent receives, en nn average,
from $-1000 te $0000 n year, with the
marker swinging strongly toward the
'$1000. A general Miperintendcnt re
ceives, if he is lucky, from $0000 te
$7000 n year. A clerk draws from $2500
te $3000 n year nnd mcchnnlrnl engineer
perhaps the sumo snlnry a m colliery
superintendent. Keep these sn'arics in
mind while reading the Hit of Reynolds
Syndicate member wbn glve their resi
dences as Wllkes-Barre.
' Charles K. Aj.1i. auditor for the Lo Le
hlgh and Wl'kes-Barrc Cenl Company,
Is down for 200 shares of stock. At. the
price of $18,5 a share bid by the Rey
nolds Syndicate, that would mean that
Mr. Ash Ih prepared te invest S:57,000
a let of money for a man drawing about
the Mime salary ns a colliery superin
tendent. Charles II. Bnnbnm. rhtef clerk of
the Lehigh nnd Wilkes-Burre Ceal
Company n job In nbeut the same sal
ary classification, i-. net )es tukes
100 shares, or $18,(100 worth.
Has $1,000 te Invest
Douglas Hunting, general superin
tendent, and undoubtedly in tliu confl
uence of his Mipcrlers, tnkes nn odd
amount, 1112 shares, or $2;t,420 worth.
ueiand it. i.'nrpciiter, n colliery sup-
WHERE DID CLERKS
USE IN COAL DEAL?
crlntendent. one of the $4000 te $r,0(KlLvnl 47. At 4 o'clock this morning the
"en, cuum.tiuc(i ier iuu snnres, $is,MJii
worth.
Edwnrd R. Clnrk. a clerk, net at all
in the class of the superintendents and
niiilitnrs financially, takes J ,10 share.
f-8,230.
Lewis J. DavicR, nnether. colliery
superintendent, remes into the syndi
cate for l.r)0 shares or $2S.2."() wei'tli.
Jehn II. Doughty, ii mechanical en
gineer certainly net te b6 expected te
earn as much as a colliery superintend
ent, also tukcN 1.10 shnresi, $28,250
worth.
Themas R.-Gambold, nnether collier?
fiipi'iintendcnt. one apparently who is
iiiore thriftv than some ether, takes
."vO blinres, or S.'IT.OOO worth
.Moi-e Saving Than lib Bess?
l'dnard ('rlffith, assistant general
Buiierlnteudent, u big job. but net quite
ns geed as tlie general iiiperlntendcut's
finds it possible te almost deub'n his
Miperinr'rt bid and lie takes 2.'50 sliare.,,
5111,250 a fair fortune f it paid no
interest, let alone the 83 per cent that
Lehigh and Wllkes-Barre Cenl Com
pany stock has returned te Its owners
turn year.
William II. Herring, nnether eelllcrv
Miperintendcnt, tnkes the amount thet
twins most popular among Ills associ
ates. 100 blinres. $1S,C00.
Warren C. Jehnsen, comptroller, a
much better Jeb, finds the funds te sub
scribe for 500 shares, or $()2,r00. That
does net leek like much beside tlie mil mil
eil18 dellnis worth taken bv tlie
Tlrst Nntiennl Crowd," but It is
I'retty geed.
Jehn I). Jeseph, nnether cellierv
tuperinlendcnt, comes threugli for 200
Cnntlniinl en rmcc Four. Column One
BLOCK FORD'S FREIGHT CUT
Commerce Commissioners Prohibit
Reduction In Ceal Rates
Washington, Dec. 22. (By A P.)
--Henry Ferd's nttempt te reduce
fight rates en ceul 20 tier cc nt along
ine line of Mi, railroad, the I.'itrelt.
Jo.ede and Irenton. wns blocked today
"' the Intcrstnte Commerce Commis
sion, The coninilsslen based Its action en
"e ground tlmt the reiluetli.n would
constitute u discrimination against
f ,7i ,m.tn.1"c t,ri-ri,01,' the coal prediut
tlher cities :ien3 the Feul rallre-id.
U lh jiropescd if duel ion wem .
,!" ''n'"1' 1"1" feiuiiil.ssl.,1, said
fempe lug wtf .southern Ohie net
;Wedon.l,eD,rei.,Tof.on..dIrrT
tn '. ''," ll"l,1,ll' ,0 ""Uu'ie ojiera ejiera ojiera
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SEESJREE SHOT
Negre Kills Anether, Wounds
Weman and Ends Life Near
Bread and Seuth Streets
THIRD VICTIM IS DYING
Twe persons are dead nnd one Is
dying ns n result of nn nttemptcd
deuble murder nnd suicide, shortly be
fore 1 o'clock this nfternoen, en Seuth
street between Urend and Fifteenth
streets.
All thrce of the victims are Negroes.
Ne nnmes ha.vc been lcnmed by the po
lice ee far.
The neighborhood, which 1m n busi
ness one, was thrown Inte, great ex
citement by the three shots which rang
out just as hundreds were returning
fium lunch. A crowd of thousand
person, collected around the three
bodies.
According te the police, one of the
men and the woman were standing en
the street in front of n shoe store en
Seuth street below Fifteenth. The ether
man approached; stepped within n few
feet, and said, with nn oath.
"New I've get you."
At the same moment the man who had
come up whipped out a pistol and lirtd
at the mnn talking te the woman.
The first victim fell nn he was draw
ing n 'blackjack from his pocket, nnd
before he hnd a chance te answer the
threat of the mnn who did the shoot sheet
ing. The woman tried te run at the flnsh
of the first shot. The man with the
pistol turned nnd fired at her. She
fell, perhaps fntnlly hurt.
Before the crowd that came runiilnc
could Interfere the murderer then
turned the wcappu en himself nnd fired
n bullet Inte his head. IIe died in
stantly. All three wen1 taken In nutumubllcb
and it patrol of the Twelfth nnd Pine
jfreeta stntlen te the Polyclinic Hospi
tal, nearby. The two men were pro
nounced dead. The woman was still
nllve, and nn Immedinle operation was
decided en in the hope of saving her life.
WINTER BLUSTERS IN ON
COLDEST DAY OF SEASON
Mercury 12 In City, Lewer In Sub
urbs Snow Expected Tomorrow
Accompanied by n .'15-degrce drop In
temperature nnd a cruel wind, winter
arrived at 4 :08 o'clock this morning.
Yesterday at neon the temperature
weatherman s thermometer showed the
mercury nt 12, the season's lowest se
far.
In outlying parts of the city, anil in
tlie suburbs, temperatures were much I
tm nn it'1i-i.. tiiiftiS nil nil llnn irtmim lfti !
boasted of zero; -Is and ."is nnd Ids !
were numerous.
Tonight, the weatherman says, will
net be se cold, with a minimum tem
perature of IS or 20. Increasing cloud
Iness is fereenst, and tomorrow, "prob
ably snow" which means n white
Ch'istmns.
When the mercury started tn tumble
yesterdnv nfternoen, It went about the
job sincerely, nud increasing winds nnd
blinding snow Hurries made pedestrians
step llvel).
This, morning, en the way te thcii
places nt eusiness, men and women
nunc! briskly te keen the bleed stirring.
'LlieeKs anil noses ,eie iius, and gloved
haiiils protected nipped enrs.
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was swept into inn neinwnre llHer
from n gnngplnnk of tlie barge Repub
lic, moored at Pert Richmond. I lis
bend struck a pier-
CHOSEN TO AID WOOD
Eugene Allen Gilmere te Be Vice
Governer of Philippines
Washington. Dec. 22. (By A. P.)
Formal announcement of the stlcctinn
of Kugeiif Allen Gilmere te be Vice
Governer General of the Philippine
Islands was made tedny by Secretary
Weeks. .Mr. GUmore is a professor in
law at the I'nhcrsity of Wisconsin.
The Secretary mild the nominal inn
probably will lie sent te tlie Senate by
President Harding tedny.
Fnirciie Allen Gilmere Is a n.ltltr of
Nebraska. Inning been burn at I'.rewns. i
llle en the Fourth of Jul), 171. lie,
is a graduate of De Pauw riuveisliv, I
(Jieciicastle. Iiiil., ami of Ilnrv.ml Fid-
versltv. wlierc he rcccncd his l.b.II, in
'SOU. Fer n while lie prod Iced law In
Bosten, sul'seriueiitl) going te the 1 nl
crslty of Wisconsin as usrlstunt pro
fessor of law. became piefcsi.nr el law
in BHKI .mil uctiug dean 11)12-1111.!.
lie wns Mimetlini! irefeinr el law In
the i'tiivifsliy of California and mm
Lesldcnt lecturer en lnV In the 1'iihir
sitv of the Plilliiipliifs. Piofcsser (iil (iil (iil
more is tl"' author Vf many leg.u
treatises nud monograph.
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Match a, lS7r
FOR THE MURDER
OF
Verdict Carries Death Penalty.
Sentence Suspended Pend
ing New Trial Motion
PRISONER COLLAPSES,
AND CALLS0R WIFE
Perley J. Kraery. alias .Tnmes Ilnst-
Ings. of Bosten, was convicted of niur.
der in ( flrst degree before Judge
Rogers t4)day for sheeting te death
Park (luiird Vincent Ilmiley nt Si- i
teenth street anil the IVi'Kwnj, en the
night of November 20.
Tliis is the third conviction for first -degree
murder before Judge Rogers In a
month, and establishes a record In the
local courts.
"This is n just and proper verdict,"
said Judge Rogers, after the jury had
been polled, nnd each man had repeated
the phrase: "Guilty of murder In the
first degree."
"The jury has done. Its full duty." J
said the Judge, "In convicting this de
fendant for murder. I extend them the '
thanks of the court." I
Emery, characterized by Levi Hart',
tlie aged court crier, an the "nerviest
man ever tried in this court for mur-,
der," received the verdict calmly. He
sat with his chin nipped in bin palm
while the jury came into the court
room nnd, when called upon te stand
te receive their icrdict, faced them un
moved. He did net change color nt the
verdict, which means death in the elec
tric chnlr.
Collapses, Calls for Wife
In the sheriff's cell room, however,
he collapsed when waiting tn be tnken
te the "condemned row" nt 5loyainen 5leyainen
sing Prison.
".My Ged." he cried, "must I die in
the electric chair? Please send te Bos Bes Bos
eon nnd tell my wife. This is all wrong
they can't kill me for this. I didn't
mean te sheet thnt man. As Ged is
my judge, I never inennt te kill him.
I was full of drugs. Can't I get ti new
trial?"
A police surgeon gave Kinery n seda
tive. The attendants premised that his
wife would be notified.
Sentence was deferred pending ap
plication for a new trial after the holi
days. Judge Rogers, who announced re.
ccntlr he umilil Mtrlke terror In tlie
henrts of criminals, dispensed merej
mixed with justice in tlie matter of rite
Ilanley murder. . 'Four ethers were in
volved with Emery, two of them as
accessories and two as mnterial wit
nesses. When Judge Rogers began his serv
ice in the "bandit court" this month he
said: "There has been tee much ban
ditry in Philadelphia. Tire lives of
citizens are in danger. T Intend te rule
while I am in this court witn an iron
linnd and wee te these who arc brought
befere me. There Is law In Pennsylvania
against crime, nnd I am Ruing te tench
respect for it. These who intend te vio
late the luw had better give this citj n
wide berth."
Determined te Treat 'Km Heugh
The Judge showed his determination
te "treat 'em rough" in disposing of the
enses of William 51. l'rcente, eighteen
years eiii. nt uieuce.slcr, .Mass.,
nnd i
Maxwell Berinnn. nineteen leats old.
.'542.") 5Inrket street, the two youths who
were with Emery wnen tlie Pari; guuri
wns murdered.
They were te linve fene en trial to
day for the larceny of the automobile
In which Emery wns riding with them
and as accessories before the fact in
connection with the murder. It was
Impossible te begin their trial ns schid-
uied nnd Judge iiegers postponed
It I
until next month, when hu will ne.iin
be en tlie criminal bench.
jneir counsel applied ler hall, nnd '
hn,i"ll0(1,it- P"X :.,.
minted It. saying;
There linvn been ISTOO auioinehllps ,
EIRY CONVICTED
PARK
GUARD
stolen in Philadelphia in the last few i 51 rs. Sub(rs will make nrrangementa
months. Something must he dune te for the funeral of Mrs. Wnrrlngten, ni
put u step te these thefts. I will re- though she will have nothing te de with
lease these prisoners under JjtlfiOO bail
en the theft charge and .Ii.iOO bail en
tlie accessory charge."
Ceunpcl tried te get this ball reduced,
but tlie Judge refused.
Judge Rogers next celled before him
tlie two material witnesses. F.dwnrd
Kehii, nlins IMwnrd Hull, and Mnthlliln
Kehn, ills wife, both of whom lived nt
i:i2(l Green -treet.
Held ter ISaj Mu'e Police
When Kehn wns brought before the! ,,!,, Suburban Gas and F.leetrie Com Cem
Judge. Lieutenant of Detectives Bel- j puny carl) this morning, w ith less esti-
'. hepped m and sai.l he had found
Mint' tin witnirts was wiiiitpil
Ill I rill -
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cord, Mass.. en the .chergi
of stealing
an niitonienlli
Judge Rogers turned him ever te As
sistant District Attorney Taulane. te
be held fur the action nf tlie 5Iassachii
settn authorities. Later he was held
without ball by 5Iagisirnte Renshnw.
Then the .ledge turncfl te Kehu's
young wife, whom lie married only v
'week before the murder of tlie purl:
piinriL
'I'lie .Imlge nskcil thc )eung woman
about the connection of herself ami her .
hnslmnil with Kinery. They were lu i 37
ids company wlicu lie was arrested, and
were taken into custody as witnesses
with him.
"I met Kmery In Bosten." she said,
."and encountered him bv chnnce when
my husband nnd I were in u rcstuuriuit
In this city. I Introduced them."
Judge Serry for Weman
"I feel sorry for you, madam," said
the Judge. '"I understand that ou ale
the Innocent victim In this matter. Hew
much cash nine you ;
"I have a dollar and u hnlf," the
jeuiis weiiuin nnswered.
you i
!
"It 1 turn you out new, nine
nn place te go any relatives
! "Ne," she answered. "I have an
nunt In Worcester, Mas.. wrote te
her about tills affair, hut she did net '
1 answer me, se I suppese she wants
i nothing mure lu de with me."
, "Hnve you any place te turn te feri
v.mkV" asked tlie judge,
"If 1 could get te Renten, " she said,
"I could get employ nicui. I lmc
I friends tliere." i
"I nm going te buy .von n ticket te
'Bosten tint of my own pocket," mid
lh" Judge. "Yeu are entitled te )our
witness fees. 1 will Ini) your ticket nud
give you something ever se tlmt you can
i have n moderately hnpp.v Christmas. '
'tin back te Bosten mid try te get
along.-
no vet) ni:kJi a tiAiivc.tRiti.tfli:. ok a I
mnvi or niiyuniii. miun inr inn HQU.rtT fer I
iii it'ii In ilia Vef tiute, vpluinn uJy en .
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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1921
''Marse Henry" Dead
COLONEL HENRV WATTKKSON
'One of tlie most pieturesque char
acters In the history of American
journalism,' who died in Flerida
today
l
Warrington Tots Taken Frem
NeighborVHeme Damaged
by Fire
CHRISTMAS PLANS MADE
5'ndcliiie Warrington, eight years
old. and her brother Enrle. twelve
years, children of 5Irs. 5Iinnte Wnr Wnr
ringten. who wns murdered in her home,
nt ."."(111 Mnrkel street jrstvrdny, by
Cornelius Cuu", were endangered b lire
nt .":.'!0 o'clock this morning at the
home of .Mrs. Walter Jeu'-zi. "44(1
Chestnut street, where they spent tlie
night.
The children had been tnken there
from the p-irechlul s.-heul of Our Lndv
of Victory, ut Fifty-fourth and Vne
tieets, whete they were, busy with t'i r
lesMMis- when Cuff killed their mother
. m! Miss Ilelhi Drake, wounded Mr
Agnes lterrell nnd committed suic. I .
A tire was being built in the heater
by Jetiszl, nnd sparks Jgpttcd the shingle
rnui el i iiu neusc. 'liie spnrKs were
l,nnii l,i It.c Afni... M.Dl.tMI.... .--.., .'.
operator at the Sherwood exchange, at
Fifty-sevejitli and Chestnut streets, 8he,
notified, police of the Fifty-fifth and
Pine streets station, nnd an nlarni was
turned in.
51m. Jeuszi led the chltdren te the
street, nnd took them te the liemn el a
neighbor. The fire en the reef was
seen extinguished before much damage.
hnd been done.
An effort is being, made by nelgli- I
Ders and rrleniM of .Mrs. Warring- i
ten te prevhle ns happy n Christina. ns
may be. under the circumstances, te her
children. i
Wi,!tb;
MURDER ORPHANS
FLEE FROi FLAMES
In the home where the triple tragedy n district formerly represented by James
ciirred stands a Christina tree. ItiKm'X Polk. eUnciith IVesidcut of the
liad been trimmed by Mrs. Warrinzten
with the assistance of neighbors, nnd
stnnds in a locked room, nil readv for
the Christmas celebration. In filters
nooks and corners a few bright new
toy's are In hiding.
5Irs. 5Inry Sabers, 010 Daley street,
niece of 5!rs. Warrington, nppenred be
fore Deputy Corener Bdwnrd Blum this
morning and identified the body of the
murdered woman ns that of her aunt.
5lrs. Suliers testified t hut ('tiff wns
n third cousin or the dead woman, tnnt
he was m love with her and iiiMinely
jealous of her. and net of her daughter.
as was in nrsi supposed, .-sue aise suit;
uiat inn nnu neen our ei wen; ier a
brief period before tlie murder.
the mirnil et t uu. sue snui.
13 TRUCKS LOST IN FIRE;
DAMAGE SET AT $25,000
Oil and Gasoline in Garages at Wyn
cote Feed Flames
Thirteen motertrucks were destroyed
In n tire wlihli damaged two buildings
nl llin MVlii'iiti' lilniil nf fltn 1 tiil n.li.l
mated at S2,i.(HIO.
Beth buildings were used ns enruecs
for tlie trucks and storage of gasoline
and oil, which fed the lire's Intensity,
The lire wns dlseevcied b) an empleye
who scut nlarms te nearby tire com
panies, which were mi the job in ten
minutes, but u two-hour light in an
eight-degice atmosphere was required
before the Haines weie extinguished.
The cause Is unknown.
EXPLOSION KILLS 2 WOMEN
Other Persons Injured In Geg
Blabt In Columbus Stere
Columbus, ()., Dec. 22. (By A. P.)
--Twe pei sons were dead ami tbirt)
spen were injured uuil in hospitals t'e.
da) ns a result of a gas explosion which
late yestenhn atternoen )iartlajl)
wrecked the Wright women's furnishing
store In Main street, near Third, while
the store was filled with Christmas
shoppers. Six of the Injured, live
women and e-e man, were reported in
I a serious condition
The ilrnd nie; Miss Gertruile Selnv-
icr, aged lertv, of tnlumbus; .Mrs
Buibarti Carl, aged thirl) -two, of Cel-'
umbiis,
Enwry llth Man Convicted
of Murder Here This car
The conviction of Kmer.v, sla.ver
of Purl; Guard Ilnnle), Is the eighth
lirst -degrei verdict icturiicd in city
iiiiuts this )car.
During 11)20 but tluce miii'dercrs
weie convicted wltli the ileiilh pen
ally. During the present month this
number wns equaled belure Juilge
Rogers,
Assistant District Attorney Kvdlcy
bus obtained three of the eight con
victions. -y
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Picturesque Career of t Noted
Kentucky Journalist Ends in
Eighty-second Year
CONVERSES WITH FAMILY
DURING LAST HALF HOUR
By the Associated Press
Jacksonville. Fla., Dee. 22 - Colonel
Henry Wntt'sen. known te tlie Amer-
lean people ns one of tlie lat Mirvlvine
members of the old school e'f jeurnnlUm
i nnd te ids friends ns "Marse Henry,"
lieu rnrlj, teduj t n hotel here.
Death mine peacefully, the venerable
editor retaining consciousness almost te
the end and conversing during his last
half hour with his wife, son nnd
daughter.
Colonel Wnttersen came te Jncksen-
i"r ,R,,vera' weeks age in ncrerdnncc
with Ids annual custom of spending the
winter in Flerida, usually at Fert
M ers.
He contracted n slight cold Tuesday
nnd while seated In n chair yesterday
morning seen after breakfast he suf
fered un acute bronchial attack nnd was
ordered te his bed by his physician. His
condition grew worse during the day
and night and the cud cunie ut t!M."
o'clock this morning.
The immediate cause of his death,
Ills physician sold, was heart failure
superinduced by congestion of the
lung..
Thus 5Inre Henry passed te "that
beautiful shore" where, last October,
he wrote his comrades of the Confed
erate Army he was s;.rc "the bennle
blue ting will be tljing ut the fore nnd
the bunds will be playing 'Dixie en
pnrade, and the pretty girls will lie dis
tributing the Chattnnoegu Rebel (the
newspaper published by him during the
war between the States), te groups of
ragged, red-nc-ed niigels'wlie have net
forgotten the rebel jell."
Bem February 10, 1810, lmrely mere
than a year earlier than Ills mend
nnd contemporary, James (Sorden Ben
nett, who died two years nge in France,
Henry Wnttersen may be said te have
been the last survivor of tlie "personal
jeurnnllsra" typified by such gieat ed
itors of ii past generation as Herace
Gieeley, the elder Bennett and the
yeunger: Charles A. Dnnii, Mm at Hnl-
.i I lTenrv .1. Rnvmnml, Semucl
I'e.vles. Colonel A'exanilcr II. McClure.
C'cncuil Chailcs II. T "!,, and a long
Hit of ethers thnt eil.lit I' i lin.ne.iteil. i
Pieullee. was. lin sd. n iicum..1 "
m "t i m in inn tii - i , j.
..i. ..r W., ,r .. ...., Ii, ,1.. I.. ..'..
youthful imiii-cM "i with tie pr.ifev,,,,
in which he i'a'nd cel"l)i it : ami n Ii is
been said thnt mac; -r the with and
fnieefn! e.lltcrlal utteirm-iw credited te
the gifted but crvitlc Pi entice during '
their joint control ' the Iiu'sxllle
Courier-Jeurnn' were leallv the product
of Miuiig A attersen s hrnln and 1 en.
While his fame is Indls-eMibly Indeed
with the Blue Grass State, Henry Wat.
tersen was net a native Kentucutnn.
having been bem tn uauingrnn. wnen
his father. Harvey M. attcrsen. a
distinguished Tennessee journalist, was
serving in Congress ns me memeer ier
United Stutes.
Attended Scheel Here
It will interest Philadelphia!!!)
te
knew that young Wnttersen's first and
only experience in a schoolroom was
in this city, where between LS."i2 nud
l)s"(i lie wns n student ut the F.pls-
copal Academy. Thnt even at that '
early period of his life lie had tlie news
paper faculty is indicated by the cir
cumstnnee that lie was editor of tiie
school paper, the Ciceronian, nud se
satisfuctery was ills work that the
constitution of the school society re
sponsible for the publication was l
nmcxideil te enable him te fill the pest
for a succession of terms.
Because of defective sight, young
Wnttersen's education, at the conclu
sion of his academy teriu in Philadel
phia, was continued under private tu-
Centlnufsl en Piuse Tldrter". eliinin T
PHILA. EXCHANGE EXPELS
MENDENHALL CHANDLER
Action Based en Evidence Presented .
at Meetings of Creditors
Karl Mendelll nil. head of the li.ml,-
I nipt brokerage firm of Chandler Bioih Bieih
Ins & Ce., wbidi fal'eil for 1. ere than
I $.",000,000 en July 2.", and I'icderick
IT. Chatidli r. Jr., owner of n ."I per
cent interest in thc firm, lunc been ev
! liclleij from mi inbership in the l'lii'a-
(iilpliin Steik Ksclinnae. The epuIsieii
wns "for ."'Is df trlmeiital i tlie best
interests thereof,"
Tills action was tu'-'en m a l ting
of the Ge' ruin;; Committee of the ex
change, il is understood the Ge cell
ing ((immune nosed ii- ncti iii upon i
( luetic pieseiiteil at Mineu creditors
meetings tlml lime been held at which
Mi ndenlinll ami Chandler huc been
(.ress-cuiuiimd.
CHAIN ST0JE.SAFE LOOTED
Ax, Screwdriver and Butcher's Steel
Used te Open Streng Bex
Thieves broke into the store of the
American Stores Cempuny at Twen
tieth and Panamti streets early this
morning, hammered the combination
ireiu n small sale and stoic Slioe. They
gained entrance te tlie stoic by climbing
a fence in the rear and using a rope
ladder Improvised from u clothesline and
spikes.
The safe was removed from behind
tlie counter nud hammered open with
nn ax. a seicwdriver ami u butcher's
steel, which tlie robbers found in the
store. The robbery wns discovered
when ail enipleve opened tlie stele this
morning. The loot consisted f si." in
bills and SI 2." in small change.
BOY BURNED IN HOME
Gas Steve Ignites Clethes of Sen of
Patrolman
Charles Buird, three years old. HIT
North Sartiilii stieet, was sevei.h
burned today when his clothing ciui"ht
llre while pl,i)ing ne.ii the kudu n KMs
stove. He is the son of P.ifw,lm
Albert Biilrd, of the Eighth nud JelTcr JelTcr
sen streets station,
The child's emtlmr beat out the
flumes. 'I be boy wen tnken te St. Jo Je
genii s IIespRajj
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HENRY WA
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ifefrger
I'uMIbIieJ Dally ttxrept Funilnr. Kubw-rlptlen J'rlc t n. Year by Mnll.
Cevjrlsht, tOifli by Public I.Jer Cemimny
State Treasurer
ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS
INVESTIGATION OF PRICES
OF NECESSARIES OF LIFE
Retail Cost of Feed, Fuel. Shoes,
Clothing Toe High, He Says
Washington, Dec. 22. illy A. I '
Investigation of retail prices of feed,
fuel, shoe-i nnd clothing In nil parts of
the country wa ordered today by At-
t ei no) General Dnughuit).
.M' Dougherty said pi Ices were tee
. 'i .lu many localities, nud retallcM
,....,:,. .,,.
'uiicoiiseieniib e," and thnt
I every effort would J)e ui.idi1 te put re-
"n pucea en tlie pn per level.
Mr. D.iughetty Instructed Diiecter
, f ,, it,.,.,,.,,. (f i...... ,1L,u,in
',' , , Uutien
of the Justice Depui tiiieut, te a.-Mg;i
men as seen n-pessdi e te Mtfleii.-. i.nl..
ut thc ,.,,,. , (t) lvll ml()rlllilllUl
.
"I""1 'incut ictail prleca of leed,
fuel, shoes and iletiim .mil .u the
sime time
le lejieit l ne wlielcs.i.e price-
of corn, wlir.it, leel, me.lts of all kind.
nnd en the hoof In order that couipitri ceuipitri couipitri
sens might be inaile of thc retail and
wholesale price, of feed.
TO OFFSETJ'HARD TIMES"
Senate Committee Favorably Re
ports Kenyen Bill
Washington, Dee. 22.- I By A. P.)
The initial legislative step toward a
pnignini nf leu-iniig.' planning of iub
lle works ns a means of offsetting
cyclical periods of business and indus
trial ilepr ssimi was tukin today.
Tlie Senate Laber Cemmitter, favor
ably rcpeitcil the K-'iiyeii bill designed
te enrrv out sni ie of the vecommciidii vecemmciidii vecommciidii
liens ( tin- recent National I'nemple)
Incut I OUICI'l in e.
M0T0RMAN HELD FOR DEATH
Merris Able, Hit by Car Friday,
Dies Corener te Act
.lames Williams. 1 Iii." Frankfort)
avenue, a meter' s .. v ,i he'd with
out b-i' teiln h Mai'stri'c Id iisluw
te awail tlie act nn d tin- Corener.
'III mis in', .low i M.riis Abel. IMS
nii i Sixth mi,., i Fiini. ii'uhi, when
Abel illtcniptiil t i si-s in i -.in of the
ear. Tlie man iliul Mnuda) In the
( hildrcn's IIeuiiiiialliic Iiestnt.il.
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CHARLES A. SNYDER
"HIGHLY UNDESIRABLE," SAYS SPttOOL
OF BEIDLEMAN'S $5000 CHECK
"If net illegnl, such trnnoactlenn nre highly undesirnBTe In the
conduct of pub'ic office," enld Governer SpreuT this aTCcrnoen, com
menting en thc payment of $5000 in State -uuds te Lieutenant
Governer Bcidlemnu for "services net ohevn.'"
FRANCE AND ITALY FORMALLY ACCEPT BIG PHIP I'LAS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2?. Blatejusuts. in behalf cf I'ranct aui
Italy accepting formally the American proyeiaTc for UmTTatien c
capital ships armament were made today at the metins of the
five major Powers of the Washington Conferenco. Ceatrayy re
general expectations, the question of aurfUary craft, eubnxiaja
and cruisers wae net reached at the rncrming cesalea of the coaj ceaj
niittee but vrent ever until another meeting at fl c'cleclt.
$75,000 WILMINGTON FIRE
Prlntlnrj Plant Wreck, and Heavy
Gale Spreads Flames
Wilmington, Del.. Dec. 2. -Tire de
MIO)cd the plant of the Mercantile.
Printing Ceinimnv uml tlinnicnwl (,
time tlie ilcstiuclieu of the entire lilecK
licre
earl) leilll) . I lie lilir.e guiui'd
rapid lieiulvvii) lu tlie
gale tlmt wns
sweeping ever tlie i ,1) .
liny size the
It was tin- lirst lire of
newly enuini.
iaui lire iicpnitliient
lias been culled
unen te llglit. Tlie
dninngc l cstlnmtcil at $7.1,000.
1 ItilllMs .AMI lin.MtUINO TO V1T VOlin
urw wmrMiiw. sue Mn zi.-.Hv.
iH!. s.. 'kriYsuh-Uf.ili'Li.
AfcAA.H Jt i 1 .
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This is the second of a
series of articles' in which
Colonel McCain, of the Even
infj Public Ledger staff, is
shedding light en certain
amazing conditions at Har
risburg. FRENCH PLANS HIT
; Original Purpose Was te Base
Small Craft en Allotment
of Capital Ships
WANT MORE AUXILIARIES
By CLINTON" W GILBERT
HtnfT Cerf niKieilnt T?tntii fnlillp I.r.laer
CepiribM. nn. lu rub!fc lulvr reiniav
Washington, Dee. 22. Fiench insist
once upon the right te build u consid
erable navy nf )ii;bt crnft, cruisers
submarines nnd destroying.' like tl.e
Japanese Inslsteliee' u)ien ren!ning tin
5Iut!u, is llkelv 'to'uiedify in u miiisim
tlie nrlglni! Hughes program of niivr'
llmitntinn
The Hughe idea originally was ti
ration the auxiliary crnft in proportion
te the capita ships. 5fr. Hushes him
self Is no longer standing fnst te till
iden.
Opposition te the French will ceire
rather friim the British than from the
Amerienns, because sneli a irivv ns
France asks will be mere of a liireai
te British cemnierce thin would the
old-f'isiiiened navy or whbh i ,,i,t.i
slilps were the essence nnd because n
France treus in snlimailiies and
cruisers wnttld occupy a p'nic 'n I'uro I'ure
lienn imliclci whicli Gre.at Britain 1'
unwilling te see her ecenpv.
New N'avnl Theories
Theie are two thceriei of unvil eon een eon
structieu'grTilnc nm of the lntc vtr.
One is tlmt b.it'les1ifis must he strength
ened nud eiuiiped witli lnnerr vnnge
guns tiinn in tlm jinst On this the.--
I he l.'ust Iir'anil caeitnl ship I. beiiK
cteated. Frder tli" n'treeinent ie;''! line
the Mutsu the three gient Powers will
all tinlsii n fev of these sUps.
Tlie ether tlieery is thnt licet action
was demonstrated by tlie last war t i
be a thing of the past nnd tint fits)
small crnft. preying upon cemnierce will
de the sfrviee of the future aided In
tills work by submarines, nud b 'nib
lug planes. Many naval eritlis. nfter
the successful bombing of the Ostfries.
lend by General 51itcliell, were convinc
ed that this second tlieery was the cor cer
leet tine.
Force of i Ircnmstnnces compels
France te put her fate as u naval power
te the tet with this scennil kind nf
navy. She h- s neither tlie motif) or the
liul'dlnK f'lii.itles te ..en fruit p.. t-Jut-lands.
When she made the demand Lere
for I!."!), (MM) tens of capital slilis. sn
had no Intention of building them, but
desired nn allowance of Miinll er.ifi
proportioned te ten pest .lutlniuls .aid
hoped te equip herself with a navy of
tliis kind. Such a imvy as Fmiiee new
nsks would be inexpensive te build nnd
would be within tin range of her ship,
yards.
Kranie Avoids Clash
Tlie arguments that v. ne used against
allowing Fiance the ten pest Jullnnds
cannot be employed against her present
demand. Site does net Imperil the
Conference bv asking a large ulhiwnuiL
nf small unit, Tlie sinn'l craft i.ucs i.ucs
lien litis net yet Is'eii settled.
The three js mVal Powers have n-.t
Centlriiprl en Tiiirr Thlrlicn Cnlunin four
TRY TO SHOW BURCH INSANE
Defense Enters Second Phase
at
Kennedy Murder Trial
l.es Angeles! Dec 22. -Illy . p. i
--The sicend phase of the ttial of
Arthur C. Ituicb for tbe murder 'of .1.
Helten Kennedy, broker, was well
under wuy today.
Bfferts te iireve Bunh vviis in-ane
.n exptvieii te ne ieutinil"d. This
phuse of the defense wns started ves-
leifiny wnen llurcli's ceunse 1.0,.
readiiiR detiosltiens by the defendant's
metiicr, .Mrs. Dera M. Burcli, of
Allle. dale Ollrtvle. uml , fe'tlZZ'
Bishop Matlhivb ' OuayJc. of St. TiVnU'
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SNTU-TS ruu I KHL MJt ',3
GOT $10,000 "EXIT FOR J
MYSTERIOUS LEGAL WORK
4 t
HUGHES PROGRAM
NIGHT
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nmr.ni mtir nmttie
i ivivik invj jiziyja ffa
Jehn H. Fertig Boosted
His $6000 State Salary
by $5000 Annually
AUDITOR'S RECORDS
SILENT ON DETAILS
Authorization Frem Attorney
General Net Found in Search
of Official Files
"LUMP-SUM" PAYMENT PLAN
HELPED SOME POLITICIANS
Lucky Ones Drew Salaries, but
Appointments te Payroll
Are Net in Evidence
By GFOP.Gi: NOX .McCMV
, narrlshttrg. Dee. 22. State Trens
juror Charles A. Snyder, former Atldl
, tr Gccrni, .,,,, j, R rnn,1Mn(e fop
l',"n'"'"-' bad what experts term nn
I cntisiinl ss(,.m r pn-ment for his em
, ploy es. or pi.-stw ptieageil in work for
his dcp-irtment. vjhen he was Auditor
General.
I In my dispatch of yesterr'ny I stated
1 that the two consnlciieus c'neS W(.r(.
ifhesn of 'ene pnyment" or "Itimp-Mi-i
pavment." nnd the ether "nature
1 of service net shown."
The latter is mn!t'ni,.ns . 1
U011 t knew what the money was paid
for."
It wa n,ier the latter holding that
tlie .."0fV) check slvcn bv th AMt
j General te Ueutennnt Governer Bcldle-
iiinii we-, enirrcft.
It wns under the former or "nne
pavment" cln-s that another high-fal-aried
State r.ffieln! received large sums
from, the Auditor General. , .
Jehn II. Ferttre; l. Assistant Director
ei tl" heri.ljtlve Befcren-e Bureau.
TMs Is the tmienti thnt keep.s track
of all legisl-tln. matters. If is .in,m .in,m
felnjiedlf dciurtment tlmt innlntnln
I records of r.n hsi..TtjVe nr-t- drawn,
introduced nnd lu'ssed.
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1 ..uu ." iicr-.s iienie retinty
Mr. Pertig is n resident of Schuyl
kill County, which is State Treasurer
Snyder's home county. Sehnvlklll has
'furnished very nnny empleyes in the
Auditor General's and State Trcnmir. '
er's offices .luring Mr. Snyder's incuin
' bency.
Mr. Pertig is n member of the bar
! nnd one of Mr. Snyder's ablest politi
cal lieutenants in Schuylkill County.
As Assistant Director of thc Legisla
tive Reference Bureau lie receives from
I tlie Stnte n salary of SliOOO n year.
As snlaries go at Hnrrisbun:, Mr.
Pertig deserves te be clus.sed ns a high
salaried official. Alse as n highly
favored official, through tlie grace of
Auditor General Snyder.
Instead of n salary of $0000 a year
as Assistant Director. Pertig, of
Schuylkill County, 1ms really been re-
living 811,000 a year.
According te tlie records of the Audi
tor General's office. Mr. Pertig. in ad- ,
ditien te his snlnry of $0000, received
through the Auditor General's office
during Mr. Snyder's regime jmt
$10,000.
This snui wtis paJI him lu three In
stallments, the last just n few days be
fore Mr. Snyder retired as Auditor Gen
eral te take up his duties State
Treasurer.
W1i.it the KernriPi Shew
Records of 'the office show that in
April. 1!)li), Jehn II. Pertig was paid
$-1000 for "extra legal services." A
year later, in March, 1020. lie received
..'ir.Mi attain for "extrn legnl serr
iees. mid lu April, 1021, Mr. Pcrtie
was given .yj.'iOO for "eitin legul sen-
lees. a tetn in two yenis of IflO.OOO,
I'here are several peculiarities nbeut
this,, transactions npurt from thc fact
that as 11 high -salaried State official Mr'
l'ertlg should be dm wing meuey from
another State department.
First. There Is no correspondence en,
tile which iirdlcnted that Mr. Fertiir wait
appointed by Auditor General Hnyder
te nny position or field of work which
required "extra legul service."
Besides, the phrase "extra legal
services would imply that Mr. Fertlc
hud been engaged In "regular" legal
services for tlie Auditor General. Jf
se, then; Is no record of such employ.
menr.
Second, ruder the act of 101." the
Xtterncy (.eneriil of the State Is espe
ciullv designated ns tlie official who
shall conduct nil legal business for the
various departments of the Govern.
incur.
Is Province of Attorney General
I Where any department chief or effl.
eial appoint s any attorney fr any work
whatever, Il must be with the content
of the Attenmy General, who tvhall u. '
pervise tlie matter of fen te hu pnhj
Theie Is no record in the correspond cerrespond correspend
ciice of the office that the Attorney Gen
eral ever supervised or nrrnuged with
Auditor General Snyder hr the tmy"
incut te Assjhtnnt Dlietftur Jehn II
lertlg, of the Legislative ltefrei)Pe Bti.
reau. of $10 ..XM) In fcc for .?&!.
legal services."
Ner U there , detailed record of
just wlitit the "cxltn legal servlcta"'
C'fuillniifd nn Pitiejriiirtn. felum.'jft.
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