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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-11-02

Just received a large supply of Roofini
and Fave Trough at NJ Phillips LJNnbe
and Supply Company.
We are always in tse market for junk
Give Us a call Always highest prices,
Hyman Wiener.
It is worth your time YOU spend looking
over the bargains at tie Racket Stores
School shoes for Boys see Marst ellers-
Majestic and Laurel ranges also goal OF
stoves in stock and will erect in your house
on short notice. John c. Burns & Co,
Ifyou have any junk. let Lyman Wiener
know.
One thorough bres Shropshire Buck fol
Sale c F. Wall
If You want Roofing aud Spouting done
Special price IN a quantity see 0 VI Phillips
Lumber and Supply Company,
The jefferson Garage has received the
new Overland ear, which will be demon
shated to you any time that you wish.
Go to W. t. Writings for crocbery. tin
ware, oil cans aud brooms.
Fresh batteries at the Jefferson Garage.
and any sling else in he automobile lise
that you NAV want.
Gaoradine. linen, linens, lawns osgaudies.
pique. silks q at S. H. Laudis-
Spring Styles in Queen Quality Shoes ror
Ladies at Theodore Broshers.
Parcel Post Egg Crates one TO dive IoEer
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-11-02

Charles Town, w. Va
May TO- 19r5.
Washington Alexander & Cooke
Charles Town w Va.
Dear Srs
We have to-day received your draft for
nent for the loss of barn by fire April 28h 1915
We wish express appreciation for prompt satisfac
settlement which you With regards
(Signed) Yours very truly,
JOHN PORTKRFIEID and J. FRANK TURNER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
MUTINOUS MUMllERS
AND CTTY'S COMMITTEE
SMOKE PIPE OF PEACE
Rebellious Clubs Quit Filibuster
and Will Be in Line of
Parade on New
Years Day
PLAN MANY NOVELTIES

The mutinous mummers, as every one
predicted. surrendered to Councils New
Year Committee and agreed today to
work together for the biggest New Year
pageant in the history of the city.
Official promises Of peace were made
at meeting last night, presided over by
John II. Baizlcy, chairman of Councils
New Year Committee. 1t was announced
that there would be 4 fancy clubs, 20
comic clubs and 4 string bands.
AS result of the brotherly love ex-
pressed at the meeting the ambitious
shooters" will get to work today with
renewed energy to prepare for the big
turnout on January I.
Henry Ford's peace ship, the Oscar II,
will be one of the up-to-the-minute fea-
lures in the big turnout. Despite the Sc
crecy maintained, it has been learned
that at least three organizations will
depict the auto millionaire and his pill
grims on their ocean Journey. OF course,
each club thought that it had the idea
exclusively, so it will he up to the ge-
muses. who devise and construct the craft
and arrange for the voyagers to do their
very best in bringing out the character
istics of the ship and It's widely adver-
tised passengers
one of the clubs which now has peace
ship on the ways will also transport
vicious looking Zeppelin, from which inn
mense bombs will be thrown. The bombs
will be made to resemble the real thing.
but in order to preserve the population
they will he loaded with nothing worse
than sawdust and confetti.
The inner workings of the trenches
of the nations at war will also be shown
by one club. II will be readily seen that
the trenches are not as bad as people
suppose But what they will reveal can
not be mentioned at this time.
The clubs will march in the following
order:
Fancy division-Silver Crown, Lobster,
Eleine. Morrow, and Cumberland Valley
Marching Club, ChambCrsburg. Pa.
Comic division-White Caps, Sauerkraut
Band Pottsvilo Pa; Persch, Kensing-
ton outing, oswald NJ. a. Bruder, Jack
Rose. Wheeler, Harry Wall, Blue Ribbon,
Zu Zu. Hkers of 1S9S Passyunk Ranch,
Dark Lantern, Sweet Lemon, Ranch lO2,
Marching Social Club of Pottsville. Pa,
and the Owl Club.
String bands-Nictoria, Talbot, Frallng-
er and Trilby.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16

wife abandoning her intention TO institute
divorce proceedings for any reasons then
existing, It was agreed that they should
live apart wherever they pleased and not
interfere with or annoy one another or
bring any action against each other. The
husband was to allow Mrs Drexel $4,000
yearly. payable in monthly instalments,
beginning in February 1918 She was
also to be entitled to the income from a
policy in a New York company, and the
husband was to assign to a trustee five
policies on his life, asgregating 100000,
which go TO the wife In case of the hus-
bands death
MIR. DREXEtjs INCOME.
Attorney Lawrence, counsel for Mr..
Drexel, said that the wife estimated Mr..
Drexel's income Mt from s25o,OoO to $3.50 600.
but that MIR, Drexel did not accept this
figure.
Referring to an interview between the
husband and wife in Paris In 1910, of
which there had been conflicting versions.
Attorney Lawrence said that according
to Mrs. Drexels account 1t was arranged
that she continue TO live in the Grosvenor
Square house and the husband should
give her notice Of his coming in order
that she might go away or have friends
present to avoid repetition of scenes of
which she was afraid"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
BILL AND FOXY MEET
AT SANTA CLAUS CLUB
Nine-year-old Boy and Yellow
"Purp" Promptly Adopt
Each Other

The Ledger Santa Claus Club at 6OS
Chestnut street has been discovered by
Foxy" a little "yaller purp with bob
tall" and his newly adopted master, O.
year-old william Lutz. ~ 524 South Front
street The pair are now making daily
visits to the headquarters of the club to
inspect the hundreds of fascinating toys
which deck the display tables.
Foxy" and Bill" discovered the
Santa Claus Club and each other stimuli
taneously. The boy had stopped to ad-
mire the things to be seen in the show
window of the club Yesterday, when he
felt Foxy" nusing his shoes. In mo-
ment the two were friends, and, as the
dog seemed anxious to investigate the
Santa Claus Club at closer range, they
entered the building and peered inquisi-
lively into the toy-hlled room.
Needless to say they were made well
come The young women in charge of the
display demonstrated for the boy and dog
lust how the mechanical train worked aud
how the toy phonOgraph played. Even
tually a hoop was discovered, and when
bill" held It up to examine it, Foxy
jumped through 1t Just as though he had
been waiting for the opportunity ever
since he entered the room.
Further tests by Bill developed the
fact that the "purp" had other accom-
plishments He could give paw and
''speak" I'm n most efficient manner.
"Blu" announced that the dog had
adopted him and that he intended to
adopt the dog.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16

McCrane then discovered a grocery in
the front of which were several baskets
of shiny red apples Several Youngsters
were looking at the apples with longing
which could not be misunderstood Like
a true kriss Kringle, Hugh attacked the
baskets and gave each of the kids as
many apples as he could carry. Then he
spied some healthy looking bananas and
oranges and was equally liberal,
Just as the kids were departing with
armloads of fruit, the proprietor of the
store appeared, and by way of revenge,
he gave Hugh to Policeman McCusker
McCrane explained that he was simply
following the custom of the season by
making gifts to those who appreciated
them. He made the same excuse to Magis-
trate Glenn, at the Fourth and York
streets station, and while the Judge COM
mended the prisoners humane impulses
he reminded him that it was first neCcs-
sary to own the goods which one gives
away Hugh, feeling somewhat compli-
Gated, failed to understand.
II understand how you feel" said the
Magistrate. and in ord-r that you can
think the subject over I'll let you rest
in the House of Correction for 90 days"
- - - said Hugh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST PRAYS
FOR RETURN OF MISSING BOY
Mother of Richard Meekins Gets
Three Letters of Sympathy

Three letters were received by Mrs.
Luke Meekins, mother of s-year-old
Richard Meekins at her home, 2ii9 South
6lst street, today. The boy has been
missing since November 80. and is be-
lieved to have been kidnapped.
one of the letters was from a girl 10
years of age who described herself as
a Christian scientist, and said she was
praying every night for the safe return
of little Richard. She signed herself "A
Christian"
Another letter was from a woman, and
was signed IL. A. r. H." She advised
Mrs. Meekins to have the streets around
Franklin and Vine streets searched, and
to "look into Wood street." as she had
seen many little boys playing about there.
and believed 1t quite possible that Rich
ard was one of them. This is just
thought that may help you," she said.
II am a mother myself"
The third letter was written by
crank who is evidently at war with all
Jews. watch the Jews, Mrs, Meekins,"
he wrote. Il think the Jewish policemen
have something to do with this, and know
where Richard is. Don't tell the news
papers about this and I'll write again"
The missing boy may be in an insti-
tuition of some sort. the police said to-
day. Their argument was that 1t would
have been impossible for any kidnapper
to have kept the lad this long in a private
house without detection.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
CURRENT TOPICS, LONE
HOBBY OF WIFE OF NEXT
DIRECTOR OF WHARVES
Great Part of the Time of Mrs.
George Webster Also De-
voted to Church
Work
SHE SHUNS PUBLICITY
This is the fourth of series
of interviews with the wives of
the men selected by Mnyor-e1ect
Smith to compose his Cabinet.

II is an .rrevocable law, old as the hills,
that one must take the bitter with the
sweet in this life. This. philosophcolly.
albeit optimistlcally, is the conclusion
that has been reached by Mrs. George
Webster, wife of the citys next Director
of Wharves. Docks and Ferries, in weigh
ing the honor that has been thrust upon
;he house of Webster by the new di-
"ectorship against "horrd newspaper
publicity"
And that newspaper publicity is the
rcry essence of bitterness to this modest.
retiring little lady and diametrcally OPP
posed to her principles and wishes in the
matter was apparent to her interviewer
(who claims that sixth sense).
Nevertheless, when one has met Mrs.
Webster, to hear her talk Is the thing
rtraig ightway that becomes a most ardent
wish. Not only because her speaking
tones nre of unusual sweetness and quail
!ty, out because 1t Is evident from the
first few remarks that she has ideas and
views worth airing.
There was the port of Philadelphia--one
could see that she had vision of the
future before it-but questions about IL
were Eraciously, by means of a little nod,
referred to her husband.
Mr.. Webster formed the third party to
the group of three In the tastefully
furnished living room of the Webster
home, 1900 Penn street Frankford, during
the l5-mlnute interview immediately pre-
ceding the dinner hour last evening.
THE port of Philadelphia" he vouch-
saffd in answer to the query; "why it's
going TO be another Hamburg" And he
smiled his inimitable. genial smile.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Webster radiate
optimism. Mrs. Webster had just come
in from n whole afternoon devoted to "A
class in current events, muffled to the
ears in a soft, glossy scalskin coat, and
eager for tho across table" discussion OF
the topics of the day But. of course,
there was that ogre reporter person,
n discussion OF the current events"
she offered ''is one of the most interest
ing features of our dinner hour. Keep
ing we'll informed on current topics might
be called hobby with me, supposing I
have such a thing as a hobby" This,
with mischicvous side glance, in re-
sponse to the assertion that "of course,
she must have . hobby, since pschycol-
ogists or psychologists or some other
lists insist no person is really sane; and
who over heard of an insane person with
out hobby?
"A great part of my time is devoted to
church work" she continued. This in
cludes line of varied activities from
the social duties to missionary work,
principally relating to the mission fields
OF Japan"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
SOME HIGH HINTS FOR FANCY"
CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR FOUR
1t Will Cost Only $243O, but Mother Will Have to Dc
the Cookng-A View of the Upper Ex-
treme of Foods and Decacies

may add so cents for the cocktails. ST for
two wines and another 81 for the right
kind of cordials. l think then the family
of four will have dined sufficiently if not
too we'll"
The number of expensive things i'm the
delicacy line that one can buy Is amazing.
Up at Henry r. Hallowell & Sons shop
I'm the Real Estate Trust Building are all
kinds of them. Mr. Hallowell. Jr.. said
today that it is in the rare kind OF prod
uct they find their romance in business.
BY the time everything is figured in their
expensive goods, he said, there Is no
profit left.
Grapes from Belgium of the muscatel
and colmar variety sell for 50 the pound.
Plums from Portugal cost 81 a pound.
Asparagus. just enough for one portion
five pieees-cost 10 cents Strawberries
are 81 the quart. Raisins from Spain are
81 a pound. Persimmons as big as apples
sell for 81 dozen. This looks like the
only bargain in the place.
Some things they usually have are miss
ing this year, particularly the neetarines
and peaches from South Africa. The war
is to blame, said Mr. HalloWell. His
grapes from Belgium got here via Hol-
land without any trouble.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
MERRY CHRISTMAS" FOR 1400
K1DDIES THROUGH SACRIFICE DAY"
William Penn High School Girls Show Spirit of the
Season in Assuring Happiness to
Children Who Need 1t

II was only n little red sweater for a
little china doll complete sweater at
that, with a belt and little maroon but
tons and finished neatness that repre-
sented four solid evenings of work on the
part OF some unknown freshman at the
William Penn High School for Girls. And
the doll with its sweater was only one of
400 presents and Christmas stockings
that all the girls at the school have made
ready for poor children in the kndergar-
tens throughout the city. And the girls
accomplished 1t all with real Christmas
spirit OF sacrifice.
The time is last Monday The scene
the assembly room of the school The
woman, or girl. rather is Eleanor Quinn
president of the Students Association,
which accompishes more and more every
year through a splendid spirit Of cooper
alton between the principal william u.
Lewis. and two members OF the faculty,
Miss \. T. Waldie and Miss L. Godfrey,
and the girls themselves.
SACRIFICE DAY" A SUCCESS.
Girls" said Miss Quinn in a few SEN
tences, tomorrow is Self-sacrhce Day.
/ want all you to help. II you'llve with
In % or 30 squares of the school. get up
a little earlier, walk down and drop the
nickel in the box. For one day absolve
from sundaes, sodas and the such. For
sake frivolities Help the fund"
And the girls helped. If they didn't
walk, they skipped sundae. If they
didn't skip a sundac they made one of
their friends from Central High School
or elsewhere contribute the price of Il
Confection. Whatever they did they con-
tributed something. When the boxes
were passed around in the classes on
Tuesday, the Sacrifice Day" quarters,
dimes, nickels and pennies tfor to some
OF the girls who are fighting for an edu-
cation even penny given away spells
altruism in its real name) dropped in the
boxes until enough had been assured to
make 400 children happy on Christmas
with sugarcd popcorn. candy and con-
fcctions for everybody and marbles and
toys for the boys and dolls for the girls.
AS much as the actual cash contributed
on Tuesday means to the girls, the work
represented on the clothes of the 500 dolls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16

that are going to be distributed to as
many little girls (who will probably get
little else for Christmas) is indicative Of
Just how the students feel toward this
project of making 1900 Kids have 400
individual happy Chrstmases. Every one
of the 500 dresses shows care and means
four evenings of work, according to Miss
Godfrey.
Just one more detail to show the
thought expended on the practical side
every dress is extra long, SO that when
one OF the kindergarten girls let's one fall
she has more than better chance. ac-
cording TO laws OF physics, to catch the
doll before the china head of the latter
hits the floor and cracks.
GIFTS WHERE MOST WANTED.
The girls don't waste time with those
little children who will be provided for
by other sources They obtain. through
the Board of Education. lists of those
boys and girls in the first class who,
through the far-from-prosperous condi-
tions OF their parents. would not find any
thing In their stocking when they got
up in the dawn of the Christmas morning.
SO every girl on the list will get a stock
ing bulglng with sugared popcorn and
candy and one of the dolls-with-lonE-
dresses in their stocking, and every boy
will get, along with the crammed stock
ing, a bag of marbles tshiuy bun s-eyos,
most of thcm or n new, shiny toy. No
old toys among these. The psychology of
the Nuletide, according to Miss Godfrey,
is having everything look bright and
new. so that it may better reflect the
Christmas spirit.
So wherever the little red sweater IN
the little china doll may find itself IN
Christmas morning Cwhether II be the first
of the 400 or the 139ath), the unknown
freshman student may realize that she
has done at the very least, two things:
the first of which Is to have sufficient
foresight to keep tho china doll warm
Cfor the houses where the stockings are
sent sometimes don't have enough coaD.
and second and last, she has given ono
child that intangible thing about Christ
mas that older folk can't buy and chill
drcn get only from being given something
they don't need
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
OLD PAIR TOGETHER IN DEATH
Double Funeral Tomorrow for Couple
Who Had Planned for 51st Christ
mas of Welded Life

If Mrs. William Knee had lived she
would have celebrated with her husband
their 5lst Christmas together.
But she died, and now the funeral of
both will be held tomorrow.
Eliza was her name and she was not
strong enough to live any more; 70 years
was her portion of life.
The husband, who was as old. had
saved a bit OF money IL had been his
happy idea to buy Eliza a Christmas
present; he had about enough for new
shawl When she died he substituted
for the shawl a funeral with carriages
Now he win ride in the same hearse with
her. He died "a hours after she did.
The couple were young when they ran
away from their homes in ireland, We're
married and came to America. Knee
worked until he owued a team and made
a comfortable living. He was ;he father
OF six boys ana girls. They all did well,
bus he nev,r would cave bis old home
above a stable at 1918 south Water street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
HUSBAND STRUCK HER,
MRS. A. ]. DREXEL SAYS;
SHE WINS FIRST POINT
Treated Her With Great Indig-
nifty" Wife of the Former
Philadelphia Banker
Testifies
SHE'S SEEKING ALIMONY
Where A. J. Drexels Differ

She says he assaulted her more
than once and treated her with
great indignity, and he says he
never did assault her, but treated
her with reasonable dignity.
She says he gave her only $780,
600 a year, but had between $780,,
600 and 100000 a year for him
self; and he says her figures are
not necessarily correct, and that
five of his life insurance policies
were made out in her name
She says his filing of a suit for
divorce in Paris was a plot TO
escape English jurisdiction and
that. to show he did not really want
to become a French citizen. he said
it was impossible to live in Amer
ica" and that England was "the
only fit place to live in."
She says he tried to force her
to divorce him by threatening to
cut off her allowance, and he says
that he was not going to cut off
her allowance, but wanted to di-
vorce her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
tom" PRICE WOUNDED
Former Philadelphia Newspaperman
Injured in Battle in France

Thomas a. Price. a former newspaper
man. of this city has been wounded in
an engagement somewhere in France
according to a cablegram received by his
father. Frank ]. Price, formerly of the
PUBLIC LEDGER. but now engaged In
newspaper work in New York city.
Price was taken to the Bevan Mill
tary Hospital Sandgate, England, where
an operation was performed, according
II the dispatches, but the nature of his
injuries Is not disclosed. Price went to
London shortly after the beginning of
the European war and for time was
on the staff of the international News.
Later he joined the I'd Canadian EXpe-
ditlonary Force, being induced to- do SO
By the torpedoing of the Lusitania. and
because of his technical knowledge or
ordnance, acquired in the United States.
A brother, Frank ]. Price, Jr., lives at
Audubon, n. j., and is engaged in news
paper work in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16
ELLIS A. GIMBEL AGAIN
HEADS PHILMONT CLUB
He Urges Early Liquidation of
Organizations Debts-Other
Officers Named

Ellis A. Gimbel was reelected to the
presidency of the Philmont Country club
last night at the annual meeting of the
organization which marked the beginning
of the tenth year of its history. The
clubhouse at Philmont was filed when
Mr.. Gimbel beginning a new term. adj
dressed the members on his policy Of
administration.
He explained the necessity of an carly
liquidation of the clubs floating indebted
ness either by the enrolment of 80 new
members or the hotatlon OF a ponl issue.
He said:
1.-The tenth year begins under conditions
more promising than ever before. !
might say that the Phiimont Club was
originally financed on hope, enlarged on
confidence and Is now being conducted on
efficiency Proof of the last condition is
evidenced by the excess of approximately
S65OO over our expenditures for the year.
I can therefore emphatiCally lay that Oft
recurring ghost of possibly enlarged dues
"The floating indebtedness OF the club
has been reduced from $4,000 to less than
$50 900. This Indebtedness, II must De
considered, represents merely the cost or
the equipment necessitated by the char
acter OF our establishment-equpp the
buildings, which were themselves the
generous gift of group of our mem
bers l want to urge that this indebted
ness he Cancelled at the earliest possible
time and to suggest that bond issue
might be advisable or that 1t can be
reduced by the reception of so additional
members, whose initiation fees with their
ACCOMMODATING dues, will add $4,000 to
the next years income of the club
Announcement of the election results
was as follows:
President-Ellis A. Gimbe
saCTctarS"Charles Edwin Fox,
iTreasurer-Ely X. Selg. ,,
Members of the Board OF Directors Charles
Gimbel Milton IIerold, Joseph Sneilen3uIE
Edward Wolf, BENJAMIN Wolf ana Henry
StrOuse.
The six men elected at the annual meet
ing will serve for three years. The
board also includes Sidney B. ALICE,
Frank H. Bachman. David T. Flesher.
S. S. FIeisher, II. S Leopold, Samuel d.
Lit f. l.. Fernburger, Simon Rosenau.
Edward stern. DR.. w. II. Teller. l, kohn
and l.. Wolf.
dinner preceded the meeting, Brief
addresses were made by Mr. Gimbel and
other officers of the club, The annual
Christmas dinner to the clubs $50 caddies
will take place next Tuesday, There
will be a liberal distribution of gifts after
the entertainment, which will follow the
feast of turkey and cranberries