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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
AUCTION SALES
THOMAS B. LOVATT s. SONS
AUCTIoNEERs, 22O SOUTH EIGHTH ST.
NOTICE OF SALE

Columbia Storage Co, Passyunk ave. and
Greenwich st. Philadelphia To Mis-. Il
Bradford, Edward w. Pickett, Mrs Mary
ssttate Mrs; salome P, sanborn. Miss Rosabelle
HagsmaH, ;,e! n, John w Edwsfds,, David Gold
Quinn, Mrs. Mary Elder, Mrs. Martha Potts
Mrs. Lillian Niessen, Mrs. Mary Deuber, Louis
5esteln, Mrs. susan Hisee James Killcullen
Mrs. Celeste A. Mayo Harry A. Bowen, WIZ
lam II. simon. Mrs. John SpatOla, Rudolph
Bausrle Point Breeze Motordrome. Mrs. Mar
saret McElhinny, Mrs Louisa Phillips Miss
Mary r. Ellis, Mrs. Annie Mullen. Mrs Raw
mOnd W. CahOune, Mrs, Sadie Nelson, Mrs
Edward quinn, Mrs. Evelyn Purnell. Mrs
Margaret Taggart, Frank Carroll, Mrs, Sarah
McGonigle. Mrs. Margaret Kaufman. Arthur
" elsh, Mrs. Augusta Oellermann. Elmer j.
Cox, Harry c. Roy, Mrs. Grace Danlelson:
You and each OF you are hereby notified that
there are due TO Columbia Storage Company
certain charges for household goods left on
storage by you with said company, that you
were duly notified OF this amount. and that
N said charges we're not paid on or before
october. 90 1914. goods would be advertised
and sold
said time having expired and you not having
paid SAID charges, goods belonging 70 you win
be sold at our warehouse. northeast corner
delphia, on Thursday November II ana 10,
COLUMuIA STORAGE COMPANY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
U. S. HEEDS JAPAN REQUEST
ABOUT GRIER AT HONOLULU
Will Order German warship Out If
Found Seaworthy.

WASHINGTON, oct H,-Ambassador
Chinda, of Japan. has delivered a note
from his Government to the state Depart
ment, It was learned today, requesting
that the German cruiser Geier be ex-
pclled from the port Of Honolulu, where
she recently put in for repairs.
Steps to comply with the Japanese re-
quest were taken by Government officials
today. Honolulu port authorities were
ordered to report whether the Geler Is
now seaworthy. If so, an order will be
made, officials asserted, that the Geier
depart Immediately
Japan pointed out in her note. state
Department officials explained, that the
Geier put into Honolulu for repairs, that
these have been completed, and under In
ternational law the Geier Is not entitled to
remain longer at Honolulu.
1t Is also reported that japan strongly
represented that the Geier should not re-
ceive full cargo of coal-at most merely
replenlshment of such coal usel while
lying at anchor in the harbor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
LOCAL OPTION RALLY
Legislative Candidates Speak at Ger
mantown Meetinr.

Germantown local optionists" speak
with elation today over the success of a
rally held last night in Tracy Hall. under
the auspices of the Independent Associa-
ton. Speakers urged the support of can
didates favoring local option.
Speakers were James Slmington, Demo-
cratic and Washington party candidate
for the Legislature; William Hall. Demo-
cratic legislative candidate; William Han
cock Washington and Democratic party
legislative candidate. and the Rev. DIR.
Homer T. Tope, superintendent of the
Philadelphia district of the Anti-Saloon
League of Pennsylvania.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
DEAcoNs CALLED PARASITES
University Head Tells Baptists
Church Officers Throttle Ministers.

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 27.-Church
deacons furnish the most serious problem
to be faced today, particularly in the
Baptist denomination, according to Dean
Shailer Matthews, of the University Of
Chicago, in an address before the con-
vention In session here.
They are moral parasites who throt-
tie the work OF the minister" he declared
"Many OF them" he added, ''are moth
ing more than moral thermos bottles or
fireless cookers. because they show re-
ligious fire only occasionally. and then
only when they find things already
heated"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
VIRGINIA PHYSICIANS MEET
First Convention of Medical Society
70 BE Held in Washington.

WASHINGTON, oct. H.-The first an
nual convention Of the Medical Society
of virginia ever held outside the bounda-
ries of that state opened in Washington
today.
Brigadier General William c. Gorgas'
Surgeon General U. S. A., welcomed the
physicians on behalf of President wilson
Ricbar1 Ryrd. Speaker of the Virginia
House; DR.. Stewart Mcclure of Rich
mond and DR.. william c. White. super
intendent of the Government Hospital for
the Insane in this city also addressed
the convention. A program of sisht,
seeing and speeches has been arranged
for the sessions tomorrow, Thursday ana
Friday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
LIQUOR COST FORTY MEN JOBS
Discharged by the Reading Railway
Shops for Drunkenness.

READING, Pa, Oct 27.-Despite every
effort to keep the facts from the public
1t came out yesterday that 40 employees
of the Reading Railway shops, in this
city, were dismissed by tho company for
drunkenness. The specific cause of the
dismissal is misbehavior and vandalism
on the special train provided for the en-
ployes of the Reading division which
left Philadelphia last Friday after tho
reception given to Vice President a. T.
Dice
1t is alleged the seats were cut, whisky
TASKS thrown through the car windows
and the car generally damaged A gem
eral order has gone out that hereafter
any employees of the company caught in
an intoxicated condition, on or off duty,
will be summarily dismissed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
VANDAL AT PRINCETON
Page in Register Bearing Signature
of Taft Stolen.

TRENTON, Oct. pa leaf from the
visitors register in the Cleveland MEM
orial tower of the Princeton University
Graduate School bearing the name of
several prominent men has been stolen.
The page bears the names of eX-Presl-
dent Taft, members of his family and
other notable visitors, who had signed
the book on October % last, when the
memorial tower was dedicated
President Hibben has offered a reward
of 500 for the recovery of the page
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
WRITES 1s9 WORDS A MINUTE
FOR AN HOUR ON TYPEWRITER
Englishman Wins international Con-
test for Professionals.

NEW YORK, oct. H.-with a record Of
1s9 words a minute for an hour, Emil
Trefzer, of England, has won the inter-
national typewriting contest for profess
sionals, amateurs and novices, held AT
a. business show here. Rose L. Fritz and
Margaret q. owens, former professional
champions, were defeated. The previous
record wac 125 words a minute.
Miss Bessie Friedman, writing for hair
an hour won the amateur championship
with a record of 129 words. The novice
contest went to George A. MossneIu, Vi
po+ereon n T.. at 9S words for Is min
utes. All the winners used the same make
of typewriter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
WOMAN cHAsEs ROBBERS

CHICAGO. oct. 27-Her husband shot
down by rol Ders, Mrs. Joseph ISlamut.
AZ. and the mother of seven children.
early today seized a revolver and pur-
sued three hold-up men two blocks, firing
as she ran. A cash box in Klamut's 8
cafe was untouched.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
SCHOOL APPEAL DISMISSED
County Superintendent Declared Bids
Were Received Illegally.

TRENTON, N. J., Oct. T.-State Com
missioner of Education Kendall today dis
missed the appeal of Joseph Arnold,
county superintendent of schools, who al
legged that bids were Illegally received
for the furnishings of the William NJ.
Lanning School in Ewing Township by
the School Board there.
The superintendent contended that a
committee OF the board had received the
bids under illegal procedure. being with
out power to award the contracts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
sUFFRAGIsTs ELATED
Leaders Pleased With Results Of
Last Weeks Campaign.

Last Weeks Campaign.
Philadelphia suffragists are delighted
with the results of the whiTlwind cam
paign OF last week Leaders in the vari-
GUS districts are proud Of their strenu-
Gus efforts to make Philadelphia the best
organIzed city in the State
over three-fourths OF the legislative
districts of the city are now thoroughly
organized, with leader, vice leader and
so on, and with many legislative can
dldates pledged to support the cause II
they are elected to the Legislature. The
establishment of local district headquar-
ters for the distribution OF literature on
woman suffrage will soon follow the
campaign just past.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL UPHELD
State Commissioner Kendall Rules
Bows, Dismissal Was Legal.

State Commiss1oner henuuII 1VuIVS
Boys Dismissal Was Legal.
TRENTON, Oct. 27.-State Commits
sioner OF Education Kendall today dis
missed the appeal of Charles Laehder
and e. X. Edick, of Manasquan, who
contended that the principal of the high
school in that town had no right to sus-
pend their sons from the institution
A baseball team from the school played
in Trenton, and several of the players
did not reach home until early in the
morning. Because OF "disobedicnce of
school orders" the principal d!sbanded
the team The boys were to have played
a game at Lakewood and they formed a
new club. They were warned that II
they went to Lakewood they would be
suspended When they played the game
the order against them was issued.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
AUTO FLOWS THROUGH GIRLS
One Sister Dead, Two others Hurt as
Result.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct N.-While four
sisters. returning home from a party,
stood laughing and chatting early to-
day, an automobile plowed through the
group and sped on.
A few minutes later Agnes Brown died
in a hospital from a fractured skull
Two of her sisters, Florence and Jane,
are in the hospital. seriously injured
The fourth sister, Augusta. was unhurt
Horace H. Newsome. general manager
of the American Voiturette Company,
Is in cell charged with manslaughter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
PROBING PRISON "JoY RIDES"
Convicted Bank Wrecker Takes
Jaunts With Sing Sing Officials.

Jaunts With Sing Sing Officials.
NEW YORK, Oct. N.-With one Sing
Sing official in jail for contempt and
another threatened with a similar fate.
the Kings County Grand Jury met to-
day to continue its probe into the al
legged "Joy rides of David A. Sullivan.
convicted wrecker OF the Union Bank
of Brooklyn, now a Sing Sing convict.
Warden Mccormick has explained the
rides by asserting that the ex-banker
was learning the trade of chauffeur so
that he could earn living on his re-
lease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
TRADE IN SOUTH GOOD
No Business Depression There, Says
President of Commerce Chamber.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 27.-Contrary to
the impression prevailing in many sec
tions of the country, there Is no indica-
ton of a prostration of business or
pancky conditions in the South, accord
Ing to John II. Fahcy, of Boston, presl-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States.
Mr.. Fahey and other members of that
organization are here on the last leg of
their tour through the South, leaving to-
night for Birmingham.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
BOY STUDENT KILLS HIMSELF
overstudy Leads Him to Send Bullet
Into His Head.

YORK. Pa, Oct 27.-Harry Kinard, IT
years old, is dead here today as a re-
suit of overstudy. He killed himself
yesterday by sending bullet into his
head.
Kinard had made ARRANGEMENTS to
matriculate as a student in the MIllers-
vile Normal School today and had
studied hard for the examinations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
SHOWS FIELD FOR CHURCHES
Pastor Urges Protestants to Develop
Central Part Of City.

OeuJTaI TaTL Oh OIIy'
Declaring the removal of many OF the
old Protestant churches from the central
part Of the city, east of Broad street.
was leaving a fertile field for Christian
work without the proper facilities, the
Rev. DR.. Edward Yates Hill, pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church, has urged
that the Protestant denominations get to-
gether to provide more churches and mis-
sons for work there.
The appeal was made before tho Pres
byterian Social Union at it's october ban
ouet In tho Bellevue-Stratford last night
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
HIGHWAYMAN sTABs STUDENT
Son Of Robert L. Niles Held Up on
WAY Home

NEW YORK, Oct. H.-Julian B. Niles
senior in New York University. who was
stabbed and seriously wounded late last
night in a fight with a highwayman, was
reported out OF danger today.
He Is the son of Robert L. Niles, Repub-
lican nominee for Congress from the 2Sd
New York District. Young Niles was re-
turning home from lecture when he
was attacked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
The Grand Organ Plays Tomorrow at 9, II and SIS
More Of the Minor Notes Of the
WamamaAer Store

Just opened up: group of bleacfed doubIe=satn
daask tabiecOths from Scotland, with matching nap
kns, i'm many floral designs.
There's poem i'm bronze i'm the statuette "Inspfra-
ton"-both pose and expression glow with meaning;
$46.5O.
Stop look and listen: nearly everyone does ON
Second Floor, Central where VictroIa and other
hath charm.
is to flat trrningte fatter the better Inn night
gowns, 5usts rum from AZ to SO inches; high and low
necks; Sl to SIS.
Anything more lustrous than the ornate cut-glass
from Berlin i'm rich metal nlountings would be hard
lay eyes ON.
The Eouseware Section says with resonant frr1ness
Every aluminium thing we sell is guaranteed 90 per
cent pure"
Writes. water colOrs are demonstration in the
clor Floor Jrntpvl
Marshmalow waters melt in most mouths; 25c a
pound,
All paper festoons for Halloween should be fire
proof such as Commercial Stationery has.
Gallery
solid mahogany serving tray in a new inlaid nat
term 23 inches long, would please the coming brides S.
Among the new sticks for walkers is hickory cane
grown in Mississippi Valley.
Chestnut
Prices on imitation Venice Laces have been so low
cred that they can be had at SOC yard uD to six
nam Fnr, Grand co40
JOHN WANAMAKER
PHILADELPHIA
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

yearly upkeep was finally fixed at $3.50 900.
Napoleon tried to transfer this splendid
person from hi: payroll 70 the taxpay;
Borghese to preside over that italian de-
partment and represent him at Turin.
But Pauline could not We kept away from
her Paris palace, now the sumptuous
British embassy in the Champs Elysees,
and her country retreat. the Little Tria-
non at Versailles, for Partisan courtiers
and Parisian luxuries were indispensable
to her happiness.
Even when she travelled her hosts were
imperiously required TO dishgurc their
villas by improvising q bathroom for her
imperial highness-a useless apartment
for most people In those days-and herd
all the goats for miles around to pro-
vide her with the milk bath. which her
delicate beauty demanded for its preser-
walton. Still Pauline was not so delicate
as that habit might imply. For It was
her imperial highness who made the we'll
remembered reply when asked how she
could have posed for Canova's almost
nude statue Of her: why, / did not
mind in the least; the room was quite
Happily there was one Bonaparte whom
fame could not fatter. and whose head
was not turned by fortune. The only
reproach that history can bring to the
that she failed to transmit her virtues
to her children. II Napoleon's imagina-
ton had been balanced with the rock of
her common sense. he might not have
scared SO high-but then he would not
have fallen so faE: II his genius had been
touched with her prudence, he might
have ruled himself and thereby become
the ruler of the world. Given her solid
ity and strength OF character, her other
sons, their vanity in check. might have
become men. Had her daughters Inherit
ed with her beauty her womanly purity,
and like her kept themselves unspotted
from the world, they might have been
ladies'. As 1t CHANGED, alas, her children
were not this Cornelia's jewels. but her
sorrows
A typical italian mother, than whom
there In no better pattern. Letixia saw
seven Of her eight children ascend
thrones only to mourn the loss Of her
family. "All men considered me-" she
confded to a friend. ''the happiest moth
er In the world while my life was one un-
The higher her children climbed the
more she felt mothers anxiety for the
perils that encompassed them. Although
they were equals in her heart she
shrewdly measured their varying limita-
lions and objected to Napoleon's storm
ing at them for failing to reach his own
standard. with good sense. she bade him
but With other kings. fer they are al
win eight diadems in her family.
motherhood remained her only crown.
For In supreme good taste, the kia9-
maker left her in possession Of the SIM
PIE title Of mother. He only decroed
that she should be addressed As '1aer inn
per1al htzhncss. Mime; the Mother of the
Emperor. The world spoke Of her as
..l1me. Mere" but he saluted her -
''Aadanae." He established her positioa
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

at court on the left Of the Emperor and
outranking the imperial princes, as the
prfncesses were outranked by Josephine
on his right.
A further regulation required all the
members Of the imperial family in Paris
to gather around Mime. Mere every Sun
day, when the Emperor became once
more her ''Napoleone" and she reverted
to her more familiar italian speech or to
her native Corsican dialect. She always
spoke poor. French and never overcame
her insular distrust of the French people
who had conquered her island.
For Letizia always remained an island
er. No Corsican friend ever lacked for
her powerful influence. and Napoleon in
structed the governor Of the island to
defer to her Judgment in making ap-
was her principality.
Laying BY for the Rainy Day.
Mime. Mere was the appointed patron
ess Of all the benevolent institutions in
the empire. but, although presenting a
riage, she skrank from public cerS-
monials. She had her palace in Paris anA
the Grand Trtanon at Versailles. with
special apartments set aside for her in
Fontainebleau. A court was provided for
her, with two ladies Of honor, five ladies
in waiting. a reader. two chamberlaine,
and two equerrfes, steward. and q sec
was the faithful Saveria. her companion
in the old home at Ajaccio when there
were no servants and they had to do the
housework together.
Napoleon persistently objected to her
simple, really parsimonious conduct of
her palaces II have given you a million
(francs) a year." he used to complain.
..and yet you live like a citizens wife in
was in receipt Of $50 900 a year. her IA
vorite reply was: IF you wish me to
spend more. give me more, for I must
save; 1t Is my nature.
mother came to her on a visit of ten or
twelve days with only one dress. II will
never allow Napoleon to say, LetiZia ex-
planned. that I have devoured his sub
stance; you abuse his goodness" And
her favorite warning to Pauline was,
house"
The mother could not forget the hard.
Ajaccio and Marseilles. Although every
one Of them except Lucien now had
some sort of throne. she remembered
that IL was not many years since she
my resources. it is at the foot q the
throne and in your sensitive and virtu-
GUS heart that I hope to find them.
Eight children shall b: the organ of the
PRAYERS which viii viii address es S.h to heaven
the throne Of Louis XVI now?
"All this pomp may come to an end"
she persisted in reasoning. and then
what will become Of my children!" Let
the sun Of Austerlitz beam and the star
Of destiny shine ever so brilliantly In the
fair sky, her prudent maternal nature
took accQunt Of the possible coming Of q
rainy day.
who knows" she inquired, whether
al these kings will not some day come
to beg their bread from me?" She told
even the crowned heads themselves to
their incredulous faces, II ever all Of
you come back to live on me again. you
will be grateful for what I am doing
now" One of them actually came to
want long before the empire waned. and
Napoleon caught her smuggling money
to Lucien, who had run through his for
tune: but the Emperor INDUCED and hon.
cred her in that act of treason.
Napoleon looked to his brothers - Stve
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

twelve ladies in waiting, and twelve
equerries, her six pages. and fifty SER
wants. Finding . beautiful and ancient
altar that could be spared. she sent II to
the church Of her christening and first
communion. and II still adorns the ca
thedral Of Ajaccio.
Never forgetting the precepts Of Mach.
iavelli. the more conscious Elisa was OF
the Emperor's settled dislike for her, the
more she fiattered him. christening her
daughter Napoleone. celebrating his
birthday In her domain with more fer
vor than 1t was observed even In Paris.
name of Napoleon, which II still bears.
and setting up statues and busts OF him
everywhere. She would have even sub
stituted his name for that Of the Deity
on her coinage had he not forbade 1t as
'.unseemly."
The sincerest nattery this Napoleonic
princess paid the Emperor. however. was
In her Efforts to initiate him. she re-
viewed her little army from her SADDLE.
organized the courts, reformed the pris-
ons, revived the manufacture OF SILK. re-
lighted the furnaces OF Piomplno. wnicn
stain the blue Mediterranean sky and
smelt the ore Of the Elban mines. worked
an alum deposit, reopened the famed
marble quarries of Carrara, and tnau-
gurated the foremost school OF sculpture
IN Europe; established an academy for
the revival Of literature ana became the
patron Of Paganini. Ultimately tho rest
less Elisa became the Grand Duchess of
Tuscany. with the noble city OF Flor
ence for her capital; but she disliked the
Pitt Palace and preferred Lucca as her
seat Of power.
The second sister in rank Of birth, but
the third In importance, was Pauline.
who was q Jerome In frivolity Of char
acter, but q Venus In the charms OF her
person. The most envious and searching
eyes found no other flaw In the perfec-
ton Of her loveliness than pair OF
ugly ears"
Icons family who held . title which he
did not bestow, that Of the most beau
tiful woman In Europe" Her right to 1t
v confirmed by even the treacherous pen
Of the Duchess d'Abrantes, who conced,
ed that she possessed "a classic head.
with the bust and shoulders OF god
desa" while Richard named her a mar.
claimed her the most lovely woman !
ever saw" and Mime. Ducrest pronounced
her 'fncomparable."
Napoleon was Inclined to think that ma
ture's rich dowry was enough Tor tnis
sister, and besides he found dimcuity IN
crowning q grass widow. for Paunne
simply would not tolerate the company o.
hese He gave her, therefore. only an
Italian principsHty, With six square miles
Of territory and 5000 Inhabitants, mostly
oegyers. But that sufllced to mako PEI
the Duchess Of Guastalla, whereupon sne
chesrfuliy sold The principally back 70
the Emperor for $500 year.
Yet that WAS hardly more than pun
whoss drsss biils amounted in . single
year to $4,000 and jewelry bill 70 Nae0o.
the total Allowance necessary fof ~
a.~I-~-.. -----.-.-s1 - - l. ~ Ki
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

The STORY Of Napoleon. the ensef
magisfrate Of ChriStendo1, ereating
more kingdons iD half dosen yeefs
than had been created In as many een-
today. How he showerea erOwns On
his family In his desire ieyally 70 snere
his glory with them end take tnen
Into the business Of ruling the wof1e:
etrOux sistern and their reDarkAbse
mother. TIE mighty emperor withoet
m heir. How the spectre of 0vefe0
rose from the grave Of little boy'
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
Napoleon's Estimate of His Brothers and Sisters


a
combination of which
n
andy toow weak to be entirely themselves e '
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
THE BONAPARTES
AND THEIR THRONES

Mch. R Eliza, Princes Of Pionhan6
Feb, R. lsos-lossph. King Of NaplsA
Mch. IS, lsos-Murat, Duke of Beg.
Mch. 50, lso6-Panline Princes Of GauseaA
June Q, ro6-Louis. King Of Holland
Nay l. lsG-Death Of Napoleon ChAr
Nov Is, lsW-Jerome, King II WDepnAna-
June G. lsus-Joseph. King q Spain
Aug. ], lso1Murlt, King Of Nspses-