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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
"BILLY" SUNDAY
ASKED TO PRAY
FOR BOTES PENROSE
Hope for Politicians Con-
version Expressed on Post
Card-Sample Of Many
Peculiar Requests.

"May we ask you to pray for Boies Pen
rose to be converted during this cam
paign," was the request to BILLY" Sun
day on a postcard he received today
among big bundle of letters. The card
was unsigned, but the writing seemed that
of a woman.
This is only one of scores Of peculiar
requests received by BILLY each day.
The mail brought to the evangellsts
house. at 1914 Spring Garden street.
usually is heavy, and strange requests
and letters from "cranks' make up
large part Of 1t.
One of Sundays correspondents writes
from Huntington that "alcohol removes
the stain from summer clothing. 1t will
remove the clothes and the summer; also
the spring, autumn and winter clothes,
not only from one who drinks it, but from
the wife and family as well. 1t also will
remove tho household furniture, the eat
ables from the table and the smiles from
the face of the wife and the happiness
out of the home. AS remover of things
alcohol has no equal"
r. Allison Miller a plumber, Of Hunt
ingdon, Pa, writes: Il had the privilege
OF hearing your sermon Thursday even
ing and wish to state this Is the first
time have ever heard the real thing.
II we had more preachers like you we
would have a different kind of country"
r. L. McCarty, who was chairman of
the Sunday Executive Committee during
"Billy's" campaign in McKeesport,
writes:
$50 you are back in Pennsylvania again
and from accounts in the newspapers are
giving Old Nick an awful drubbing. The
old fellow has had his own way for
long time there and deserves all he is
getting. May the victory be complete and
the Lord give you great things in the
largest city you have tackled.
1.-The results of your revival In McKees-
port are lasting; the churches are still
crowded and We have a clean city as
result Of your great work here. The
redeemed of the Lord are praying for
you daily"
b. D. Ackley, Sundays secretary, who
has charge of the opening of the mail,
says he never knew there We're so many
''dippy" people in Philadelphia until the
campaign opened and the local 'cranks"
started to send messages to the evan
gelist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
"HAIRTEST MAN" SH0RN
OF LOCKS IN RECORD TIME
Winner Of BARRIERS Speed Contest
Awarded $1,000 as Prize.

The hairiest and most bewhiskered man
In Philadelphia was shorn of all hin
locks today, and as a result Joseph
Papaleo. proprietor Of the Sanitary shay
ing ParloF on South 7th street, Is $1,000
richer than. he was "a hours ago The
mans hair was trimmed at the annual
hair-cutting and shaving contest Of the
Italian BARRIERS held last night in the
Casino Theatre.
Seven men, who might have been mis-
taken for the pToyerbial hairy men OF
Borneo, were gathered at the Inasmuch
Mission as subjects for as many BARRIERS
In the contest. For four and one-half
minutes fur fieW on the stage and the
participants were almost hidden by fiy-
ing locks and whiskers Then Papaleo
emerged the winner by several minutes.
He had shaved his subject and cut his
hair, without leaving scratch from the
razor OF shears In the record time OF
four and 3 half minutes. No one dis
puted his right 10 the 5000 prize.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
U. S. SHOULD MOVE TO END
WAR, SAYS JAMES M. BECK

Ex-Attorney General Declares Nation
Must "Abandon oowardly Attitude"
The United states Government should
Immediately take steps to bring about an
end OF the war in Europe, according to
James NJ Beck Of New York, ex-As-
sistant United states Attorney General.
Ho advocated this action in an address
last night before 300 members Of the Con-
temporary Club in the Hotel Bellevue
Stratford.
"of all complacent, vain and self-satis-
fed attitudes this Of 'watchful waiting
on our part Ia the worst" he said. III
the United States wishes to be political
entity in world affairs II must abandon
its cowardly, childish attitude and take
steps at once I'm the interest Of humanity
to end the war"
The subject discussed was what Can
America Do to Bring About Peace?" Mr..
Beck asserted that America must call n
conference Of all neutral States for the
purpose of crystalizing public sentiment
and making general protest against
the outrages of the German troops"
ut Is a shame for us not to protect
Belgium" he declared, "a greater shame
than for Germany to commit the out
RACES against the little country. 1t is
argued that It would be idle for us to
protest when we have not a powerful
army and navy to back up the protest.
1t Is, nevertheless, a significant fact that,
In spite of the greatest display of armed
force in the history of the world, every
nation now at war shows by it's attitude
to the United States that public opinion
without armed force Is still potent
"Tf this country fails to protest at once
1t will be for either of two causes-for
our own self-interest, our desire to make
money out of the war, or because of a
species of cowardice which shows we are
afraid to play our due part In the affairs
of the world"
DIR. Stanton Colt. president of the
Ethical Church of London; DIR. j. Will
liam White, of the University of PennsyI-
vania; Thomas Raeburn White, Joseph
c. Fraley and others participated in the
symposium before the Contemporary
Club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
SLANG EPTCURES
GET MR.. SUNDAY;
COPY HIS STYLE
Racy Expressions Invigorate
the English Language, Say
Those Who Appreciate
Picturesque Invective.

Said q lawyer across the breakfast
table of house in a street where milk
bottles do not clink on the front door
steps o mornings, where the limousine
is seen more frequently than the huck-
ster's cart, not a block from one of the
corners of Rittenhouse Square, II you
will:
PUT across another cup of coffee, you
pln-headed, low brow, anemic, rum-soak-
ed mutt, or I'll jump over at you and
land with my heels on the back of your
neck
"All right" replied his wife calmly,
'but don't forget those tickets for the
opera tonight, you paddle-brained yap."
And, similarly, when an "art for art
sake young woman, whose pin money
sets her fond parents bank account back
$500 a month, crashed into an open
switch on Beethovens sonata in C-fiat
minor in the course of her 81 an hour
music lesson, she was not particularly
flurried by Herr Won Votshisname 8
smashing comment in part as follows:
"Why, you stiff-necked, dogkissing tea
drunkard, you haven't got the intellect to
keep a self-windlng clock going, you poor,
frowsy headed, devil-dancing simp."
To which the young lady replied:
III you'd cut out your beer-guZzling
llmburger -snatching pals and get some
Judgment into that billiard ball that rat
ties around inside your green velvet, or
gan-grinders monkey hat, you'd be able
to discriminate between a woman with a
temperament and an ivory breaker"
She gave another example of the new
tongue that is fascinating the leisure
classes of the city these days later and
was accordingly asked for an explanation
by man who does not read the news
papers.
why, the English language has been
given a new lease on life" she explained.
TITS all Mr.. Sundays doing. Since he
reached town everybody's been talking
it. It's the most picturesque style of
language that ever came along. Thomas
Carlyle would have fallen for 1t and
thanked his stars to have gotten such
lnvIgorating suggestions for his style.
"If Kipling had had whiff OF II
there'd have been stronger KIM in
the world today, and as for John Mase-
feld-well, It's not too late for him to
make a whole new hair-raising poem out
of this material.
do you get me, you hollow-headed
bumF'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
INFIELD HITS GARNERED
IN BACK OF "GLORY ROW"
Some Happenings and Sayings Chroniced Within Portals OF
the Tabernacle Before Billy" Sunday Appears on Scene

the "drunks" Is so. He has seen tne
roundup in the police station every inorh-
ing for the last SO years.
For a dime I'll tell you my name, let
you take my picture give you the history
of my life and then get converted, was
the message a booze-soaked loater
brought to the reporters, while they We're
sitting in the press room. Needless 10
say he went out faster than any other
man that has ever left the tabernacle
The effect of Billy Sunday cam
paign continues to bear fruit In Des
Moines, Iowa, from which city he came 10
Philadelphia. To show the results OF the
leading of thousands Of men and women
in the western city to hit the saWdust
trail" the Des Mones Capital publishes
the story Of the return Of stolen ring
TO Mrs. c. NJ. Gregg, Of 800 West attn
street, that city. 49,. .--.,,..,
A few days ago Mrs Gregg received
the ring in a package and letter, both
of which had been mailed on railroad
train in Nevada. The letter read!
Mrs. Gregg. Am sending you ring,
took II the day at Mrs. Batman's
when we had our picnic. 1 was down at
ID. M. to Mr.. Sundays meetings got
converted, so want to do better Just ne
my friend and help me-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
JERSEY RAFFLEs IN TOLLS
His Pause to Be Polite Gives Captors
Handicap.

IT gave you chaps too much Of a
handicap, that's all" said Paul Lamor.
eaux, alias Paul Harris, that's why you
now have the wristlets on Southern New
Jerseys famous gentleman daylight
burglar"
Paul fell into the laws clutches in Mer.
chantville, N. J., this morning. He was
trying TO open the front door Of the
home of John Longworth when Mrs.
Longworth heard him. She screamed.
BE calm, madam" Lamoreaux is re-
ported to have said by the police. Il
see Chief Linderman coming up the street;
he will protect you"
Then the gentleman burglar took
flight, but the Chief Communicated an
automobile, overlook and arrested him
He was taken to Camden, where, the
police say, he confessed to robbing scores
of residences in Merchantville, Delalr,
Camden and other towns. He will be
arraigned Friday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12

Hats or is the rule at the tabernacle.
This applies to the women as well as
men. One woman from Wilmington who
attended the meeting, as she said, to
please her brother did not know how
she could possibly remove her hat with
out a mirror. She startled the press
room when she burst in, saying, rs there
any place in here for me TO undress."
She was referred to the hospital. There
Is a mirror in there.
"Oh, look, there is John Bunny" said
one Of the younger visitors TO the taber-
nacle-evidently a movlng-picture patron.
"1 wonder where the movie camera is 2
The young woman had mistaken Sam
Thompson, the Jolly patroman from the
goth and Buttonwood streets police sta
ton, for the moving-picture star. Thomp-
son is used to being mistaken for cele-
brities. Today a man asked Sam II he
wasn't the Sam Thompson that played on
the Philles when "Billy" Sunday was
on tho team In 1890 Thompson has been
around the tabernacle ever since Joe
Specie started to build 1t.
Sam says that what BILLY" says about
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
STONES ROUSE FAMILIES
Occupants Saved From Fire by Pc
destrians Who Threw Missiles.

destrians Who Threw Missiles.
Stones, thrown through their windows
by pedestrians probably saved two fam
lilies from being trapped In their apart
ments above the store of Poland, Fried
man & Co., 2232 South 7th street, which
was wrecked by fire today. The endan-
gered ones were Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Lubenstein and Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Greenburg and their infant son.
The blaze was discovered by a milkman
Calling several pedestrians, he vainly at
tempted to awaken the sleeping families
by rapping on the door. Failing, all be-
gan to throw stones through the windows
Greenburg occupies the second floor and
Lubenstein the third. They awakened to
find their apartments filed with smoke
All made their way down a smoke-flled
back stairway to the street.
The fire gutted the store and Green
burgs apartment. number of pieces
of jewelry in a window OF a jewelry
store next door, belonging to Jacob Cohen.
22SO South 7th street. were melted The
loss to the Friedman store is estimated
at more than $1,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
POPE PLANT TRANSFERRED
About 600 Men VIII Be Employed In
Main Factory.

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. IA deed
has been filed with the town clerk
whereby the receiver of the Pope Manu-
featuring Company transfers the main
plant Of that corporation to the Pratt &
whitney Company, About 600 men will
be employed. Approximately $4,000 was
paid for the property.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12

A modern rival for the hand that in
terrupted Belshazzar's feast to do some
literary work upon the wall has been
brought to light in the Mayors recep-
ton room at City Hall. Some person,
with a misguided sense of humor, Is re-
sponsible for the modern writing upon
the glass Of one OF the windows in the
reception room. The words written into
the dust follow:
THE most spectacular part of City Hall
is the cleaning OF the same"
The casual reader smiles and accents
these words as sarcasm, but there is a
significance to them, deeper even than
the dust in which they are written. For
Instance, no cleaning had been done on
the windows for many day. Therefore
the writing may be accepted as cleaning.
Polishing windows by writing on them
undoubtedly Is spectacular, so that the
words through which the sun would be
shining today If the sun were shining at
all carry their own proof
Chief Ball is the original author OF the
words. He included them In a recent re-
port, and as the man who wrote them
on the window failed 10 use quotation
marks or TO give credit properly, he is a
plagiarlst.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
TYPHUs IN GERMAN ARMY
1ao Cases Of Disease at Lisgs MIL.
tary Hospital.

ROTTERDAM, Jan. "a Typhus, the
dread seourgs OF armies. has gained a
strong foothoid among the German troops
IN Belgium. II was learned to-day that
IN the military hospital at Liege alone
thare are 10 soldiers suffering from tho
disease
Several trains carrying wounded Ger
mans have arrived az Lies0. Other trains
eaFfglak French and British prisoners 10
Germany. are passing through LisEe.
Iaeif appearance shows the hardships oi
- eampaign ID Flanders and northern
faEe9
HsfezsI handlel WQr1uan have been
zza@ a4seaHa I3eEe % repair the forts n
asll Hheu the Gelnana
4a H4i eIfea nl'd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
wAR TAX s4oo, 600 IN MONTH

The emergency war tax has Increased
the internal revenue collections IA this
city for the month OF December approx
imateig $4,000 over December. 1918. ac-
eordins 10 Interuai Revenue Collector
Lederer The total receipts of the internal
revenue = ne eoIIarkors ONCE for De-
cameer. 1sls Hefe lIqs Esa ana aver
age 4HIaaHE HoE eaFh 1ay FarY1u4 1a-
4aesa aea ze1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
Society of Municipal Engineers

The Society of Municipal Engineers of
Philadelphia will meet at the Engineers
Club, 1917 Spruce street. tonight Joseph
f. Mallory, former chief fire marshal of
this city, will read paper on Fire Pre-
vention."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
RUSSIANS BATTER TURKS
IN NEW CAUCASUS FIGHT
Terrific Battle Now on in Kara
Urgan Region.

Organ Region.
PETRoGRAD, Jan 2.-Reinforcement
received by the Turks have greatly In
creased their strength in the Caucasus.
and they are now engaging the Russians
in new battle. A dispatch from the
Caucasus headquarters OF the Russian
army says
Fighting In the region OF Kara Urgan
Is developing, We captured on Sunday
two mountain guns and two Turkish COM
paniss with their officers. The Turkish
troops are attacking hercely. but we are
successfully repelling their assaults.
though they have been strengthened by
the arrival or new troops. There Is
nothing to report on the rest OF the
front"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
SUN SHINES THROUGH WORDS
IN DUST TO MAYORS OFFICE
Old sol's Only Entrance in Past In
scription on Window.

The sunlight strove with might and main
Its rays 10 filtsr through the pane,
Deep laid with dust, but all In vain;
TIL some one, I'm sarcastic vein,
Wrote in the dust upon the glass
And thus allowed the sun TO pass
Into the Mayor outer room
Where previously had been but gloom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12


many a life knows no song. They seem
70 say: Where is the Joy that once I
anew when nrst I loved the Lord It's
back there where you left It. When you
started to play cards. and dance. when
you stopped reading your Bible and
started reading a novel. or the Philis-
tine. and that's little sheet wouldn't
have IN my house 70 kindls a hre with.
II xou have one IN your home burn It.
Right back there where you sidestepped
youf virtue and Winksd at another
Woman. You know where you left IL
ana YOU know how many years youth
have 10 50 back 10 ma Il. Some will 50
Hse years. some ..
IA Is the things you do that condemn
4ast saith claims 70 deliver Us from the
4eqll and give rs power 10 keep from
a1Inf the things We know we should not
81 claim Jesus Christ can remove de-
aHa I used 20 play cards and lie and
4A-4L Just ike many of you. and I've
44sl Is good q right 70 play cards, but Il
1.d You Woul1nt walk across the street
= aear lne preachi I've got Just aa much
FIs11 70 put my arm around woman
ana Hait1 over q dancing noor as Yen
aa9a bat Il did you wouldn't think
Hsa 4f me, and wouldn't give thfes
eara ln pe1aIiion tor you ~ Fpu dld.
e yea lrl1t Hon the mtf4 harHlness
Hfe Ae 1 aas
a taFe ta4F aes<d
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
COM|SKEY WANTS A
SQUARE DEAL FOR SOX
Old Roman Files Protest With
Johnson About Manager
Row|and's Suspension.

CHICAGO. July 22.-President Com
iskey. Of the Chicago Americans. Med
protest with President Johnson. Of
the American League. against the sus-
pension Of Manager Rowland. who.
according to the White Sox masnate.
has been all season the victim OF the
worst unpiring he has ever seen in
the American League" The charge
wns first made that Rowland was sus-
pcndet for profanity, but President
Comiskey said that later the umpires
admitted that the suspension was
caused by Rowland's lack Of speed in
leaving the field when ordered to do
SO.
"Poor umpiring has cost my club
seven or eight games this year." said
Comiskey 1T looks to me as though
Rowland is being made mark. Um-
rires have called balks on my pitch
ers in Detroit. but failed to do so
when they made the same motions in
S.. Louis; they beat us out Of a clean
triple play when We were at Boston;
last Monday Mayer was hit by a
pitched ball. but was not allowed Ia
go to first because the umpire said he
allowed himself Intentionally to be
hit.
The chasing of Rowland was sense
less. He went out to protest, as he
had right to do, and as would eX-
pect him to do. He told me he didn't
oIt OF the game.
II expect to protest against the sus-
pension and try to get a square deal
for my team"
The Washington times., 1915-07-22

ball prominence, and. despite what has
been said about miracles. It Is not I'M
with their humble start the Braves are
hardly as far back now as they werA
year ago and. as has been pointed
out, they have the memory OF the last
ramble to the realm OF championships
to buoy them on in the present strus-
gle. Yes. the coming two weeks 10 GO
ing to prove whether or not another
such wonderful squirt to the fore can
possibly be contrived. II It can. STALL
inss and Evers are the brain como,na-
tlon which can do IT,
each series was inflicted on the Braves
only yesterday. the fatalities reading
to /. with all outlying districts heard
from. The defeat broke winning
enjoying for most three days, three
consecutive hits in the ninth doing the
dreadful deed.
Then. too. the Philadelphians, under
the steady leadership Of one Patrick
Moran. detected a goose eg off the
domes Of the Chicago Bruins, who were
that recently lost territory. Their down
fall promoted Brooklyn to exclusive
right to second place. and we would
ask YOU who have been faithful 70
redo thas 1ar 10 Ilx your eyes on sara
Phils and Dodgers for the coming fort
night. IL you would desire to witness
real baseball warfare where there will
be no fighting from trenches. but rather
right out on the open diamond.
In New York and Brooklyn the ele-
ments frowned on the possibilities for
games. although 1t Is said the sun was
shining brightly at the Polo Grounds
at eame time.
Cerrigan's crew lost no time in the
American League, and by doubling the
score on the Browns, insured itself OF
returning to their domestic domicil In
first place. The Mackmen defeated the
Tigers. to 3, which helped consider
ably in making said Carrigsn have a
sic eepful night Washington. Cleveland,
New York. and Chicago marked time,
but will get into the matinees today.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
SUFFRAGE NIGHT At
R|NCS|DE SUCCESS
FlimsiIy Clad Women Are Ushers
At White.LeWis Bout At
New York.

NEW YORK. July 22.-Manhattan
awoke with a start last night when it
tried to crowd into the st. Nicholas
A. c.. where Charley White and Ted
Lewis were climbing into the ring to
battle ten rounds. Instead Of the pug
nosed. tin-eared citizens who usually
conduct the guests to their seats, there
were a dozen Of the other sex. dressed
in flmy white creations with flaming
yellow flowers across their bosoms,
leading the bewildered fans down the
aisles. 1t was suffrage night.
Mrs. Francis Brewer attempted to
make a speech from the ring on the
suffrage cause. but she didn't have
much success.
Whats her weight?" yelled the gal
lery gods. She finished her speech In a
hub-bub of noise from the crowded
house.
The fight itself was draw Each
man had four rounds to his credit. and
two were even.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
Another Swimming
Record For LANCER

SAN FRANCISCO. July 22.--Ludy
LANCER. OF the Los Angeles Athletic
Club broke another American swimming
record this afternoon when lie covered
the sSo-yard course at the exposition
harbor In ~ minutes as second, break.
Ing the national record Of I2:1s 2.S es.
tablished in 1909 by c. NJ. Daniels at
Rochester. n. Y. LANCER has establish
ed three American records within the
space Of five days.
On Saturday evening at Sutro Baths
national mark In the 5o0.yard swim
On Monday afternoon at the yacht har-
Dor LANCER set a new outdoor record
in the. 440-yard race In the first event
OF the A. A. L. outdoor championships,
while todays performance made IN con.
nection with the A. A. Z. program pro-
vidsd a climax to his Material achieve
ments.
The Washington times., 1915-07-22
DEMPSEY WILL HOLD !:
TWO CANOE PARADES
Daylight and Lantern Process.
sions viii Feature Potomac
Activities Sunday.

Washington canoe votaries are 10 be
introduced to something entirely new In
the way OF a water carnival next Sum
day when p. A. Dempsey, of the Capital
Canoe Club will conduct Q daylight
parade over various courses OF the Po-
tonac river. and q lantern parade later
In the evening. Dempsey has promised
those who wish to take part in his
treat the use Of his big launch for
towing purposes. and he will be In per-
sonal charge OF the procession Of canoes
which will take two journeys as his
guests.
Dempsey plans to have all OF the cam
oeists gather at his club about G:30 Sum
day afternoon. From there they will
be towed down the river to the harbor
entrance Just opposite the lower Speed
way. and back TO Aqueduct bridge. They
will dsperse then until twilight when
they will again assemble at the Capital
Club with the tiny craft decorated with
Chinese and electric lanterns. when a
lantern parade, upon the river will be
commenced.
Features Of Dempseys parsdes will be
music by the Hawaiian Band. and by
victrolas which will be brought along
by as many as have them.