Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 08, 1922, Night Extra, Page 23, Image 23

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120,000 OFFERED
TO KILL, POLICE SAY
Plot Against Michigan Farmer
Alleged by Detectives Who
Posed as Gunmen
WIFE CALLS IT FRAME-UP
Rv AssecMcd Pres
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 8. Mrn. May
Blcnn Ferd solicited the services of a
gunman te kill her wealthy husband,
Ncy J. Ferd, offered the gunman
520,000 for the "Jeb" and gave him a
GREEKS WERE PREPARING m
TO EXECUTE PRINCE
Saved by British Intervention An
drew Declares
Reme, Dec. 8. "In a revolutionary
regime often the innocent munt pay
for the guilty." According te Prince
Andrew, recently banished from Greece,
these were the words of General Pan
gales, Minister of War, before his trial,
in order te prepare him te expect capi
tal punishment.
Indeed, Prince Andrew says, the
British Minister, F. C. Llndlcy, en
the day Geunarls and his colleagues
wcre sentenced te death informed him
that the same fate was reserved for
him.
Prince Andrew attributed his escape
from the death sentence te the Inter
vention of Knglaud, the King of Spain
and the Pepe, and declared he would
never forget these efforts In his
behalf.
. "Twenty-four hours before the
Irial," he added, "I knew what the
sentence would be."
photograph of her husband te make
sure the right man was slain, accord
lng te the sworn statements of four ' LEAVES $25,000 TO BUILD
detectives whose investigation resulted
Jn Mrs. Ferd's detention yesterday en a
:nnrge ei attempting te commit mur
der. Denying the charge. Mre. Ferd de
clared she was the victim of "a frame
up" that grew out of her domestic dlf
ficulticb. These difficulties Include a
Milt for divorce, filed last August, in
which H;e charges cruelty, and a suit
nsklug $25,000 damages of her
estranged hu-dmnd, for nllegcd assault.
When arrested, Mrs. Ferd, It is al
leged, was nbeut et meet Edward Ku
nath, a detective llteutcnant, for a sec
ond conference en her reported plans
for the slaying of her husband. Kunnth,
it was said, posed as "a Kansas City
gunman" Wednesday night when the
alleged plot was first revealed by Mrs.
Ferd.
The first meeting, according te the
detectives, took place In nn apartment,
especially rented for that purpose.
Three detectives claim te have over
heard the conversation In which the
woman Is said te have gene ever the
details with Kunath.
Several plant for the killing were
presented by Mrs. Ferd, the officers de
clared. One, they snid, was that he be
fchet in his farmlieme west of Detroit,
and the ethers were that he b hhel or
slugged while working about the barns,
the body te he burned In n haystack.
Ilefere destruction of the body Ferd 'a
geld teeth were te be, removed te fore
stall identification should the plot mis
carry, it was said.
Maps of Wayne County and sketches
of the Ferd farm also were presented
te the pseudo gunman, It was alleged,
te guide him In reaching the Ferd home
and In makinc his cscane.
I The $20,000 was te be paid, the de
tectives declared, as seen as Mrs. Ferd
i should have come into possession of
' her husband's estate.
The conference added that Ferd had
been warned several days age against
continued residence at his farm.
I Ilefere her marriage te Ferd a year
age Mrs. Ferd was a nurse, employed
in Teledo. She has two children by n
I former marriage.
MRS. DOROTHY OVER LOSES
FIGHT AGAINST DIVORCE
Court at Elke, Nev., Denies Alimony
I te Swarthmore Girl
Mrs. Dorethy Themas Adams Over.
idece of Mrs. Caspar P. Shnrple3, of
Seuth Chester lead, Swarthmore, was
unsuccessful in contesting a divorce
I proceeding instituted at Elke. Nev.,
i by her husband, Charles Henry Over,
I according te word received yesterday.
Mrs. Over and her mother, Mrs.
j Agnes Adams, went te Nevada ten
days age te contest the suit. Their
i failure was a MirprUe te Mr. Over's
I friends. The Court refused te allow
alimony.
"She is n lovely, beautiful, gentle
j girl," said Mrs. Sharpies". "All who
knew her feel sure she Is innocent of
j the charges brought against her."
I Over, whose grandfather, C. II.
Over, K a New Yerk mil iennlre, was
formerly a student nt Swarthmore
Pieparatnrv Scheel. He was president
of the rnited Air Lines. Inc.. which
made flights te Na-i.au, and was owner
of the celebrated MNs Miami, a sea
pl.ine which was reported le:"t off the
Flerida Cenut last winter with five pas
sengers, but was subsequently rescued.
Mrs. Over Is twenty-etic and was
married in New leik in 11)1!). she
and her husband lived at the home
of the hitter's father nt HO Itlverddu
Drive, until they separated in 1021.
Mrs. Over returned te the home of her
aunt in Swarthmore.
Itebert W. Dewey, a chauffeur for
Mrs. Ove", was named by witncs.ses in
the divorce case in connection with
charges ugaint the young wife.
TWO VETERANS DIE IN HOUR
West Chester Men Beth Members of
Same G. A. R. Pest
West Chester, Dec. 8. Twe veterans
of the Civil War died in this place this
forenoon within an hour et each ether.
Beth died frnm the infirmities of old
age, and both were members of M
Culi Pest. (i. A. U.. of this place The
pest will held joint funeral services en
Sunday.
The men were Jacob linker, eighty
nine ears old and Geerge II. Ileberts,
eighty-six. 1'ach leaves one son.
linker died at Hie home of his son
Themas. Kehi-ris' son is Geerge It.,
Jr., of Haltiiiinre. The wives of both
men died several cars age. linker was
a painter for ni.iu .ear in this place,
and Huberts was a retited farmer.
N. J. POLICE WANT "FRANK"
Youth Who Wrete te Murdered Girl
Being Searched Fer
Walllngten, N. .1.. Dec. 8. (By A.
1) Search for a j out h known only
as "Frank," in connection with the
death of Christine Ilcnish. whose mu
tilated bed was found here last week,
bus been begun t police and county
'authorities, it was announced Inst
night.
Frank is mentioned in n letter writ
ten by the gul h'st July te her brother
Jehn. who is n siller. The girl re
ferred te I 'rank lis ,-a tellew who says
he knows .mm."
Mis? Her Mi hid often taken motor
cycle rides with Frank." necerdlng te
iie letter, whiih was given te the po
lice by her faunlv jesterdny.
Where Frank lives and the extent of
his friendship with the slain girl police
professed net t knew.
ALLOW SUBSTITUTE IN COAL
New Yerk Householders Must Be
Content With Mixture
Alb'iny. Dee N - Householders In
$2,000,000 ORPHANS' HOME
URGE U. S. CONTROL
El
OF MOTOR LIG
New Jersey Grange Would Have
Government Take Over All
Arteries of Travel
LONG-TERM CREDIT SOUGHT
Atlantic City. Dec. 8. Federal con cen con
trel of the licensing of nutomeblles wns
urged In resolutions adopted yesterday
by the New Jersey State Grange.
The resolution enme In the report of
the Geed Bends Committee. Incor
porated In the resolution wns the
recommendation that the Federal Gov
ernment take ever all the arteries et
travel nnd that the license fee of nil
heavy trucks should be greatly Increased
nnd nil nntomeblle ewnern be rcnulrcU
Bequest te Be Placed In Interest1 te carry llnblllty Insurance.
Until It Reaches Specified Sum I Bigid enforcement of the liquor laws
k.ii i t. xr i Ti a ttt t nnu pretests nguinst effertB nt repeal or
., r"?S?c:llii. " Te-i7li y ."V ' amendment of existing statutes bcaritn;
P.) That the ura of !2. i.OOO be lef t n tlc question came in ether measures
en deposit until It aggregates i5J.000.000 approved. The grange also opposed nil
was the unusual request of Clpyd M. rce.ftxlng nnd wns unanimous in rte
Itlce, whose will has been filed for ciring against the Ship-Subsidy Bill
prelintc. .,.,..,. , and Japanese immigration. Leng-term
., Kler 'AiK i i ?. i. ,nc,,mc1 trym ' credit systems for the agriculturists was
the $25,000 be paid te bis wife dur ng , nrRC)I nieng with direct election of the
her life. When the uenes t renches u.v.i.i-. .r.i i. in.. T,..i.i.,t
! nnn nnn It t l. .i ...i,,. i itriucui uuu iuu itu hcbiuvui.
,uuu,uw it in tu ui; uutu ler uuiKllllg
a home for children of native-born
Masens.
Stnndnrd Interest tables show that
the $25,000 will reach $2,000,000 In
seventy-five yenrs If placed at 0 per
cent nnd compounded annually.
FRENCH PREPARE TO STAY
Germans Charge Mayence Sector
Occupation Permanent
Berlin, Dec. 8. (By A. P.)
A Cologne dispatch te the Berlin Tnge
blatt vesterdav Mild certain prepara
tions the French have been making In
the Mnycnce sector indicate that they
intend te stay net only the allotted fif
teen years, but "a whole generation."
Speratists, the dispatch says, phi'
te proclaim a Bhenish republic in five
or bIx weeks, while their newspapers
already are announcing the power the
new Rhenish frune may be expected te
have.
NINE INDICTED IN ALTOONA
Alteena, Dec. S. Charged with con
spiracy and false pretense, nine men
who claimed te represent the Alteena
Glass Casket Corporation. Imve been
indicted In the Blair County Court. Six
nre also charged with fraudulent con
version. One arrest has been mnde.
"The power of advertising is mighty,"
declared Dr. Russell II. Conwell, of the
Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, when he
addressed the Atlantic City Klwanls
Club yesterday. "Ah I walked iV wn the
Boardwalk I noticed the advertising ef
forts of some of the women te nttrnet
men, nnd as one man said, 'We looked
at heads forty years age, hut the women
advertise their feet mere new.' nnd we
nre looking today at women's feet. Wc
f-emctlmes make fun of the efforts of the
female te attract the male, but it is no
harmful thing. If it were rightly gov
erned it is one of the finest things
today."
Railroad Worker Hurt
Hnrry Vennell, thirty years old, of
2337 Seuth Eighth street. Camden, n
railroad empleye, had his feet crushed
this morning when a plank fell upon it
as he was unloading a car at Pitman,
N. J. He was taken te Cooper Hospital.
Santa Cl?us te Visit Austria
Atlantic City. Dec. 8. Nearly $5000
was raised te brighten the Christmas
holidays for the children of Austria, at
a bazaar and peasant costume ball given
by the Austre-Amcricnn Relief Society
In the Meese auditorium here last night.
GENERAL WOOD PROBABLY WILL REMAIN
IN PHILIPPINES, SECRETARY WEEKS SAYS
"General Weed probably will remain in the Philippines,"
according te Secretary of War Weeks, wEe today discussed the
rumors that the General will net come te take the headship of
the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Weeks would net make a
definite statement until he had seen President Harding. The
Secretary of War admitted he Bad received a telegram from the
General and said he mignt male thTs telegram public this
afternoon.
PETTY THEFTS WORRY ART SCHOOL HEADS
Numerous small thefts have been reported from the Penn
bylvanla Scheel of Industrial Art, Bread nnd Pin streets, It be
came known' today. The losses included relics, china ware nnd
rugs. Nene of the articles stolen have been of mere thau trifliu
value, according te the achael authorities.
DROUGHT DISTRICT
HAS
mmm
rum
r
KL
fea'seness
JAYNEX-clears
the voice, moist
ens the threat,
allays irritation,
subdues stub
born coughs. Ne
narcotics; no
habit-making
drugs; safe
safe and potent,
toe.Alldruggists
sell JAYNEX.
PLACED
Bursts Suddenly Frem Sharp
Mountain Where Water Had
Net Been Seen Before
P0TTSVILLE GETS RAIN
Pettsll!e. Pa.. 1 . . Rain fell
here vesterdiiy. but it was f the same
lisht chai t-r that h:i li-ir.icterized
rains the Inst t m m n'h, and. unless
the downfall is heavier, no relief from
the drought can lie peeted.
A large stream of water buret out
of the base of Sharp M' untain Wednes
day nicht nnd is undermining tracks
of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
"nv in the southern p.m "f the eiu.
Officials of the railroad weie mrpri-ed
nt the amount of water pouring under
the trneks wheie none hereii.l'uie ever
was seen.
F. B. Adams, Mipeni'-nr. and Jehn
B. Dengler. City Ceum l'mnn. are in
vestigating and will preciii the stream
fiem doing permanent diii'tiu" te the
main tracks of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway.
Commissioner Tigert Says Edu
cation Is Basis of
Democracy
INFORMED LEADERS NEEDED
H.-wleteu, Pa.. De
s - Th
ltuatien in the IlaJeteu d trii t cer
Untied te lmnre' i"i"' 1 . '" i ' '
risen te half an i-c'i below th- mcII
ways nt the Hu.Ketidnle te-cneirs.
Uv .l"erin(at Prrit
Washjngten. Dee. s. Assimilation of
the foreign -het n, removal of illiteracj
adjustment of inequalities in education
al opportunities, ami incubntnn of pro
per dials of the American form of imv
eminent, are nnrameiint problem wliicl
the educational force of the country
must meet, in the opinion (,f C.mmis-
I sinner et r.iiurnnen 'i.gert ns express. '
ijestnrdnv in his annua! reiu.rt
"Whet we de or fail te cl" In publi'
education, " he said, will largeh de-
teruilne the future of our experiment i
democracy."
Informed leadership in dealing with
these problems, the repeit deeltred N
needed mere new than ever before. It
was pointed .nit that while s,P Slates
through j ears if experience, hoe no
cempUshed notable m liU-veim-ntr, in cdu
catienal tlieer mid eiiii.ti..., .,i.
I States arc still seeking the iiiimmts te
water imanv ' "'e Mine questions and Inben-
where the pumps an be nperat ! ,i :'iin
day and night in sending n suppU te
the anthrnclte mines. Fer a time they
could be run only ten heirs ,i daw
There wne a rl-e of two niches in
another reservoir and a drop of seven
in one of the stcrage basins
With a snowfall st.utiiu' m stenl.iv
nnd rain predicted for tedaw etheials of
the Wyoming Vnllej Water Supp'
Cempnny were eneeuraued lnt nl'ht
Records announced .wsterdnv -hew thn'i
in November there wii" a rainfall of .Hit
Inch as against 0.71 in duly wiu-n tie
drought began.
Yerk. Pa.. Dec. S. Sevn one-
hundredths of tin Inch of rain fell h"re
yesterday.
New Yerk State must receive a certain
percentage of substitute with nil deliv
eries of deinestic-si.e nntiiracite umkv
previsions of n general order Issued
yesterday b W Uliani II. Weedin
Stnte Fuel Administrator. Issuance of
the order came after a conference be
tween (loveiner .Miller, oedln, dls
triet and deputy administrators from
every judicial district uiid rcpresentn- ' "
tlves of bituminous and anthracite in- T0 Lecture
dustrles. Dr. William P. Scliell. secretarv of
District fuel administrators were the Preslnterlan Beard of Foreign Mis Mis
.llrectcd te SSUO such Simnienlentn.... i.. ...in .in ' ' ' , ,'s" "
orders ns were feiuu! I neees ry te"bcVt fiwemen". Union Chris an Ce W, Z
various the Orient" in the Presbvterlnn Church
MUST FOLLOW BIBLE
Atlanta, Dec. S. A recommendation
that church members who refine te
settle industrial differences in accord accerd
nnce with the tenchlngs of the New
Testament be excluded from the Church
was adopted bv the Oeergln Baptist
convention at its annual session hvre
jesterdny.
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0F1ERIGA mAfpX
t schools ;zr
I Winter's Blasts 1
E Repulsed 1
P if your enr has a strik- j
h inprly beautiful BndRcr J
h California Sedan. Snup; J
b) protection for winter, yet J
Ej completely open for wnrm
P wruther. Equipment in- A
C eludes visor, dome light m
Pi lnelle(l glass, side curtains J
W ornamental coach Irons s
vl An Integral part of the a
E cir atiselutely noiseless J
K, f'lllv n'l.xranteed we install m
p Se- ii. .,r your dealer J
g Leuis Rothschild Company 3
P1 057 N Bread St. Poplar 2S50 M
cl coLtiNes carhiaei: cempak j
S Frent St Arch St. Camden 1000 fi
'3mw rwrt If
Y j s -jfl VlB
j
ilrtudy
eusly exploring sreiind that
been cniefully charted.
I it is the work of the Bureau of Kdu Kdu
catien, It was said, te seek inter-state
co-operation. Much of the cesth dup
lemon and expeiiment was declared te
have been scved by the Ilurenu by
milking available te all the States the
experiences and achievements of the,
m 'fit progressive.
j .-uiisinntiallv Incirased support fe'
i the Rurenu was recommended hv Mr.
lignrt, in the Kht of the si.ni,.(, its
in tivities render the whole population.
He said the stntr unn kh liinitn.i ,i,.n....i.
. . . - i. nM'Minii i
hick ei means, tint n n.. i,nuii.i '
for Its spielullhtH te give full attention
te mere than a small part of the per
plowing questlehs upon which school
authorities seek advice. Anether handi
cap was said te be the small amount
available for publication.
en Orient Schools
meet the contlltiens In the
localities
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SPLIT OVER COLLEGE POLICY
Liberal Views, Net Football Defeats,
Caused Geneva Resignations
Beaver Falls, Pn Dec. 8. Dr. A.
A. Jehnsen, president of Cienevn Col
lege. In a formal statement last night
saiil the disastrous football season was
net lespensible for hiu recent resigna
tion and the resignation of several
faculty members.
. .V1 Vu,u,my lct,er college nnd I
believe in elenn sport," he said. "The
reason for the resignations was the
failure of college authorities te udept
a liberal, constructive and forward-leoMn'-f
policy,"
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that rash centinue1
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there is every tune you touch that
eruption 1 Resinol Ointment is what
you want. Thousands have proved
Its unusual healing powers by using It
for the most stubborn cases of skin
affection with prompt, beneficial re
sults, It seethes while it heals.
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te Und.r tklntl Reilnel prt-
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