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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-23

the fear for her which arose In him;
moreover, Bert represented the new lie
which stretched before him, and he was
not quite ready for 1t, now that the time
had come. He was an old man, he real
ized. and it was a dangerous matter 10
uproot old trees. He had lived the best
years of his life in this city, had worked
here, and had married here, and had
built up his fortunes here. and here had
occupied a position of some honor ana re-
spect: and. try as he would, he could not
look with too much confidence upon
achieving the same thing as a stranger
in a strange place.
1t was all wrong, he told himself, and
he would not even be properly thanktul
for the crumb of luck which he had
wrested from the bygone feast. In his
pocket he had the check which removed
him from the nerve-racking fluctuations
of his street car fortunes; which insured
Molly and Bert and himself an entrance
into a new life and new opportunities:
which made him safe from Sledge and
yet, he felt no great eXultation'
II was a relief TO him when Molly had
him called to look at her where she
stood at the head of the stairs, in her
bridal gown. n fresh and glowing vision
in her pure, shimmerinE white. The sight
of her gave him thrill of hopefulness,
too: the first of the day.
you're a beauty, Molly" he called up
to her. II declare. I don't see how
have been lucky enough to keep you with
me so long as this
THAT'S a nice daddy" she gaily as
sured him.
Bert came in from the conservatory for
the glimpse of her which he was to be
permitted, and naturally he spoiled the
picture by starting to dart upstairs, an
action which had the result of sending not
only Molly and Fern, but the admlrinE
maids scurryins back to the boudoir. the
door of which sacred apartment they
locked and bolted, and would have barred
had there been any means to do so. Bert
quite properly defeated, game back down
the stairs and Joined Marley.
"a bridegroom doesn't amount to much,
anyhow" he conventionally admitted.
"And a husband to less" supplemented
Marley. you'll discover by and by my
boy, that the lords of creation are only
lords by proxy"
You're trying to scare me- protested
Bert
mo. only to encourage you' lnslsted
Marley. "The happiest man In the world
is one who finds a wife capable OF d.
recting him and generous enough 10 let
him think he Is doing II all himself.
"That's a new idea to me-" pondered
Bert complacent through condescension
ONLY, as he stroked his carefully curled
mustache and reflected upon his own
ability 49,. - -
"The worst of 1t Is you have to grow
old 10 realize it," Marley gently lnsln-
mated, II was a smart man until my
wife died. Won't you have a drink"
mo. thanks" refused Bert walking
disconsolately to the library. II prom
ised Molly the minister shouldn't smell
il on my breath"
"Afterward, then" laughed Marley,
and returning into his den, closed the
door lust as the bell of his extension
telephone rang
"Hello. Marley" hailed the voice of
Willie Walters. Had your franchises
cancelled and regrantedY'
Don't need it." replied Marley, reflect
ing instantly that he was out of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-23
Scout Picture Frames
BY AARON SMITH


The high cost of frames mas prevented
many scouts from framing their certih-
Gates This may be remedied IL. instead
Of buying high-priced frames. the scouts
will do a little scouting around" and
find some pictures which may be bought
very cheaply These pictures as a rule,
nre of not much value, but the frame8
can be utilized, and II a point is MADE
to get pictures Just the size Of the cor-
tihtates to be framed. quite little Of
the expense can be saved, This will also
aid the scout In increasing his bank ac-
count to the amount required for the
first-Class test.
The writer took an assistant scoutmas
ter's certificate to n dealer to get the
price for framing, and was told that
he could have II done for Sl.2j, and that
this was a special price. As the price
was too big to warrant the framing Of
the certificate he decided not to have N
done Several days later. while on tour
through one of the department stores he
saw a sale in pictures. He bought sew
eral, and when he arrived home he found
the frame of one of the pictures Just
fitted the certificate he wished framed
Removing the picture, he put the certiti-
cate in its place AS a result, he had the
certificate framed for % cents, which was
a saving of 81 on the price quoted him.
Not only certificates can be framed IN
this way, but also troop photographs and
even camp snapshots which one wishes
to keep.
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Election in Troop SO

Election Of officials Of Troop % Scout
master Stein) viii be held tonight. The
following were nominated at the last
meeting: Patrol leaders, Meyer Beck
man, Morris Corak. Joseph Feldgos
Samuel Green and William y. Porter
three to he elected; treasurer, Assistant
Scoutmaster Fred Troio; librarian, Beck
man, Feldgois and Levin; quartermaster
john Mason-Anthony, and secretary
William 2 Porter Mason-Anthony de-
Clined nomination as patrol leader as ne
is expected to become assistant scout
master soon. II is Porters third unani-
NOUS election to the secretaryship. The
position OF house sergeant was abolished,
a scout from each patrol to be appointed
when necessary. Some of the scouts
eerved as ushers at a concert at the Col
lege Settlement Music School, 4Sl Chris
tian street, Sunday. The troop, with its
band, will hike from the end OF the
Frankford trolley line to Camp Morrell
next Sunday. Scouts Posen and Mel
nickoff are new members of the troop,
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Troop g. Is One Year Old

Troop 64 (Scoutmaster Rosenbaum cele-
brated its first anniversary nt the Sher-
wood Recreation Park. 56th and Christian
streets, Tuesday evening. with Commis-
sioners Goodman and Merrill, President
Straus, of the troop committee; Duhrng
OF Troop 81; German. Of Troop 46; Weiss
and Stonehill. of Camden Troop l3. and
Burrisan and Bellows, of Troop 62. as
visitors and speakers. Assistant Scout
master Aaron Smith was master OF cere-
monies. \ surprise minstrel show was
given hy the troop. The scouts receiving
cne-Near service stripes were Leon Nun
holland, Joseph Brooks. f., Brooks Joseph
Pekin, David Peikin Samuel Cohen, Ed
ward Moyed, Maxwell Fader, Joseph
Stone. Sam Brenner. William katz. Nor
ton Feishman. ]. Burrison and Hyman
Rich. The scouts received tree warden
and Penn Audubon Society badges, Scout
Fleishman was presented with a manual
for drill. ]. Pekin. Halporn and Rich with
hunting knives for efficiency. Moyed and
!. Pe'kn gold medals for being the first
two first-cass scouts in the troop, Samuel
Cohen a tirst-class badge and Scribe Rich
cup. Refreshments concluded the pro-
gram The troop baseball team defeated
Troop 8 tSCoutmaster X. LevicO, to l,
and Troop 81 tScoutmaster Burrison, II
to o
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Walter Brady. Cherokee Indian from
Virginia, has consented to become assist
ant scoutmaster of Troop S. He was
assistant scoutmaster of Carlisle Troop
2, a 'paleface" troop, and attended the
Carlisle Indian School, where he played
on the football team. The new assistant
scoutmaster's tales of hunting wild tur-
keys and deer in the woods are enjoyed
by the scouts. He said that turkey hunt
ing is done In marshy ground, where the
hunter often sinks up to his knees. The
Indians have fun with white people when
they go hunting, he said; they take them
out in the woods and when the pale
faces" sink up to their knees in mud the
Indians stand behind trees and laugh.
Commissioner Merrill reviewed the troop
last week.
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A TALE OF RED ROSES
A SMASHING STORY OF LOVE AND PoL1TIC
c-1,or.,1r d AArnn1 p11 c1IESTER

franchise worry, but curious, neverthe-
less What do you mean?"
The Allerton bill was put through its
final passage last night" explained Wal
ters.
"Oh. YES. the Allerton BILL" smiled
Marley. 81 knew all about that
You don't seem to have got in early
on the advantages" remarked Walters,
scenting a story IT'S law now, opera
tive from It's passage
1T won't hurt anybody" chuckled
Marley There wasn't much Of impor-
tance in It."
Nor" queried walters. Just enough
to make a political corpse of Allerton.
They'll embroder that 50-year-franchise
clause on his shroud."
Franchise clsuse2 don't under
stand"
II thought you didn't know the pro-
visions of the bill" went on Walters
delighted to have unearthed a new angle
to the story THE thing Is so beauti-
fully juggled that It automatically ex-
tends all franchises granted within the
last 10 years, to an extra fifty years Of
lifetime, on the same terms as their
original charter"
Good" returned Marley "All my
franchises have been renewed within the
last 10 years"
Now / know you've been asleep" re-
joced Walters, not that he had any en-
nifty for Marley but merely that he liked
a good story. THE bill, specifically, does
not apply to renewals, but to original
franchises. Why. yours absolutely ex-
pires in three Years, if that's the case
Moreover, the franchises at the end of
that time belong to Sledge's company"
"Impossible!' gasped Marley.
Get your alarm clock fixed" advised
Walters. Monday night the council, in
secret session. granted franchises to
SledRe's company covering every street In
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Copyright 1914. the sobbs-Msrrr Company.

SYNOPSIS.
y. s. A.. tails in love with Molly Marley,
oaughter Of the president Of she tractydd
company. Mir, Marley refuses to alu
Siedge'e suit and favors Bert Glider wnOu,
Molly accepts, As soon as the engagennS5,,ts
. announced siedge closes negotiations Wyilun
a sroup OF fnanciers TO run q traction line
garallel TO the one under Marley. hulh,
areds OF small investors who had bopsIn1,
STOCK In the old line, under promise OF oi,sg ag
extension, are forced to the wall Anlohs
lheto is Henry Peters, whose daughter Is
close friend Of Molly Marley. ~,
l. Sedge pursucs Molly in HE own way. "
learns that she loves red roses and senns s
Ti, net az there are IN the town Mea1wnlSs. 1ncS
man. and Bozzam head OF the hnanciets,
be. quietly plans TO ruin Marley ant G!iuedi VA
roth. Bozzam 'doube-crosses'' Sledse ana
sshows Marley how to win control o. potp
he stockholders Marley and C!ider vote 10 e,
nuN out the new Compan- for sman'
sum Sledgc seems down and out -
Marley, after getting Complete GonIroi y oi
Sledse and prerares 10 sell out, Molly, who
Us 10 marry Bert on Thanksgiving, prepates
70 nirt with Sledse. to keep that gen le
man's mind occupied. sledge still sure ne
can do anything with money buys motor.
car and sends It to Molly for to come 10
=, The. day before Mollys marriage TO Bert
N the old trn,ton company to an upstate
hrin. The buyers consult with Sledge, who
,,,nSo els them that BY putting ,,LI,N up enough
Enins concern and that with the hslp oi a
bill Passed in the Legislature, Marley's
ComnanY will be rendered worthless In a
year or so. Marley khows nothing Of this
and Thanksgiving Day, Is preparing 10
gcls6rate his success and his daughter
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the city, including-now, listen-including
those streets now covered by franchises
when those franchises expire!"
For just a moment Marley felt the
strength leaving him. a spasmodic i'm
pulse due to an entirely automatic men
tai impression that he still owned the
old company.
"Tts a bald-faced steal" he hotly
charged. indignant at Sledge's wholesale
appropriation
ITS a pippin!" agreed Walters Fact
Of the matter Is. Marley that, unless
you completed that consolidation with
SledEe. at the expiration of three years
he can make you tear up your rolling
stock and other trash, Did you consoi-
daIeY
NO" laughed Marley, and for a mo-
ment Wallace professionally hoped H.
he had been mentally unbalanced by the
news. mo, Walters" Marley chuckled,
when he had succeeded in controlling his
voice; 81 didn't consolidated sold outn'
"On the level?" queried Walters in
credulously. ITO whom? How much?
Did you get the cash?"
''I got the cash, but that's all I'll an
swer," laughed Marley. "T might reveal
somebody's else's secrets If told you
more" and despite the pleading of Wal
ters. he refused to make another state
ment.
He turned from the telephone, still
chucklng, but suddenly noticed that his
hand was trembling as if it had been
palsied. His body seemed to have real
lied before his mind the Overwhelming
disaster which he had escaped.
Why. If he had not sold out at the
exact minute he did, his stock today
would be worse than worthless! The en-
tire company would not bring more than
the junk-heap value of its worn-out equip
ment He could not have met the mort
gage on his house, he could not have paid
a dollar of his debts, he would have been
left without a penny, and he would have
dragged down into bankruptcy hundreds
of poor families, like Henry Peters, who
had their all invested in his enterprise.
True, they were ruined, anyhow, or would
be: but he had curiously immoral sense
that, by stepping out from under before
the crash came, and by being no longer
at the head of the doomed company. he
was passing along the moral responsible
ity of their downfall to the upstate syn
dcate-and to Sledge! Thank God, he
was safe!
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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Kraft Scoutmaster in Troop /

H. w, Kraft has been appointed scout
master of Division a. Troop / tHead
Scoutmaster Kern, and will have charge
OF frsl-eid work. The troop now has l22
members, composed of the following
groups: Head scoutmaster and staff, sem
ior scouts, executive scouts. unassigned
scout and Divisions A, B, ana -. The
membership of the main detachment is
limited 10 patrols of scouts each. When
more members are taken in, giving
full complement, the roll of membership
will be closed. The senior scouts, under
Mr. Lodge. are rehearsng a minstrel
show to be given May l3 and II, for the
benefit of the troop. Division d won
debate, Resolved that aeroplanes are
more dangerous in modern warfare than
are submarines Tuesday evening, giv7
ing the division the right TO compete with
Division A for the championship of the
troop.
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Honor Court in Troop u

An honor court. consisting of Scouts
nolbey Dim. Blank Ahern and Earle
talternatel, has been organized In Troop
12 tScoutmaster Watts) The new body
will vote on troop questions and settle
disputes. DR. Morton c. Stout has agreed
TO lecture once a month on first aid AL
bert Hclroyd. Alexander Mclaughlin,
John Ditiin, Harrison Dixon and Paul
Fetschelt have passed their tenderfoot
tests. The troop baseball team played
three games Saturday, losing to Troop
liz, tying Troop Sc and not finishing the
third game. Scoutmaster Watts, Man
ager Dolbey and Captain Diffin have Sc
lectcd the following regular lineup G.
McLaughlin catcher; Jarvis, pitcher;
Dolhey. first base; Haywood. second base;
nifin. shortstop; Robinson, third base;
Blank, right field; Anseman centre field.
and a, Mclaughlin and Dixon, left field.
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Louis Gotthardt. auartermaster OF
Troop "a, Tacony (Scoutmaster Taylor)
the first scout in the northeast - be
awarded the first-Class badge, Will be
awarded the prize in the presence Of
Commissioner Goodman and the Tacony
Scout Council at the troop headquarters
Camp Shuman, Disston and Walker
streets, this evening, He is II yea old
and it has required two years OF hard
work and study for him 10 win the honor
A log cabin fire will be lighted in his
honor. Commissioner Goodman will be
present tomorrow afternoon, after the
cooking tests at Lawndale. to lass on
supper which Senior Patrol Lea e VIII
liam kealey will cook for the entire
troop The menu will be hunters stew,
hoecakes and cocoa. keaey is slated to
succeed Assistant SCoutmaster trelz. who
resigned. The troop has successfully
adopted the curtis Publishing Company's s
plan for financing troops.
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$50 "JTTNEY" LICENSE
DESIRED BY OWNERS
Association Wants City's Aid in
Keeping Service Standard
High-More Rules Made.

To satisfy the public that the "jitney"
is to be a safe. dependable and perma-
nent Improvement Of faulty transit fa-
cilities OF this city, the owners and
operators Of the little busses have sug-
sested that license fee Of $50 be i'm
posed on each car by the city authorities.
The Philadelphia "Jitney' Association has
approved resolution to this effect, which
will be introduced at the next meeting
Of City Councils by Select Councilman
HUT, of the 29th Ward
This action was taken at meeting OF
the association last night in O'Connells g
Hall, Broad street and Susuuehanna ave-
nue. II was decided at the meeting to
increase the annual membership dues
from 81 to s., and set of regulations
was made to be carried into effect. to-
eother with those recently promulgated
by the Police Department. The new rules
are.
All automobiles engaged in the
"jtney" business must bear a sign.
"Jitneys" passing schoohouses
must not exceed a speed of six miles
an hour
The "Jltney" Association must
maintain a schedule for the depart
ure OF cars from City Hall and from
Diamond street in order to relieve
congestion at these points.
"Jltney" operators must hold to
their schedule of prices and must not
overcharge.
A lost-and-found department has been
established for the recovery of articles
left in the "jitneys." Already several ar
ticles are awaiting identification and re-
turn. Richard Costello, at Broad and
Diamond streets. is In charge of this de-
partment.
The police investigation indicates that
there are 373 'jitneys" in daily operation
in this city. This does not include the
cars that are running during the rush
hours in the morning and evening, The
number of individual cars at all times is
perhaps 500.
The "Jitney" Association is making
every effort to discourage two types of
operators. They are the driver that
operates as a free lance" during the
greatest rush of the day, and the
chauffeur that filches an hour now and
again from his employer and operates
his employers car as a jitney" during
that time.
Richard Costello president of the asso-
citation. had a conference with Superin-
tendent of Police Robinson, in which these
grievances were discussed. The super
intendent, according to Costello. said he
favored the aims of the association, and
that IL the association will watch Its
members the police will control the inde-
pendent drivers. The superintendent also
promised to have the police dsperse the
crowds that gather about the starting
places and gaze at the "jitneys" with
sort of rustic curiosity for long stretches
of time. Costello stated that he has been
asked to be sworn in as a special officer to
assist in enforcing traffic regulations.
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"THE OurSLDERo BEGINs TOMORROW

Louis Joseph Vance, author of "The Brass Bowt' and
other fascinating stoeS contributes the neat serial to the
Erenng Ledger is called AN outsider and is the story
g Sally Manners by nqme WhO finds herself out Of orb
starring midsummer IN NeW York. She is desperate
aOig take any chance Oen fate closes door behind
she forced take amazing dy to safety HoD
she becomes Uoved IN brgLarie IN plots and counter pIotS
she to select social colony Long Iand and
she be-, Udy there against tremendous oddStheSe
things and the rich human character of all the IN the
U make yOu CGnt to read COrd of It, Don't miss
starting it tomorrow IN the Evenng Ledger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-23
Troop 81 Builds Log Cabin

Troop 81 CScoutmaster Won der LindO
has resumed building its summer head
quarters, a log cabin at Camp Heinz on
Darby Creek, near Eagle station, II will
be q by "a feet with walls six feet high
and a gable roof. The foundation logs
and doorsteps are up and the crib work
for the stone fireplace and chimney has
been started. The work is in charge of
Assistant Scoutmasters Blanton and
Duhring. Twenty of the scouts hiked
TO the camp Saturday.
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Winfield s CInm

Winfield Scott Glow, secre,srv
Illinois Zinc Company, Of Pen, M ~ M
former resident of Phlladelnhi.l IT, ane
at the home of his daughter. NJ. olet
b. Stevenson, in Pittsburgh, accos,1l 5enrt,
Information received in this civ uns ,n .
MT, Glow, who was "A years old tooay
with the Army of the Potomsr ivusht
General Mcclellan, during the Clv,, Inosi wls
re was auditor for a Philadelphia u.si va
paper at one time, and later was ~ ~
Iron Company. OIse and
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Captain George Woods Ior..

Captain George Woods 1oeae
manderr OF the U. S. S. Nebrsss, eom.
formerly stationed at LeaeIs and
Navy Yard, died yesterday Az tbs i,u,nd im,and
States Naval Hospital at Portsmor,,,s.n ,snllsd l'
lowing an operation for intestinal tro,,s, ~
captain Logan was we'll known In pS.,s phvle
deipnia, and was member Of sssa..,
naval CLUBS. He was AZ years old prs.s
Captain Logan was an INSTRUCTED - .1
Naval Academy He was comm,sst,l.al n ", '.
oaptain on JULY l. 1913 49'Onea
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Honor Shakespeare'g Memory

Aged actors and actresses are living
over the days when they were stars and
dreaming of former triumphs today al
the Edwin Forrest Home, where the an
nual celebration in honor of shakespeare's s
birthday Is in progress, Horace How
ard Furness, son of Horace Howard Fur
ness, the famous Shakespearean author
ity, made an address on Shakespeare
Following the address the Plays and
Players gave a performance.
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Trnnn 81 Has Sirnal Tower

Troop 81, Of Holmesburg Gscoutmester
HalD. has an iron signal tower which
will be erected as soon as the troop is
given permission. The owl signal patrol
has eight second -class scouts under Pa
trol Leader Frick and Assistant Patrol
Leader Monk" shaw. and will soon pur-
chase patrol flag. The troop will go
camping for two weeks this summer 1t
meets on the third floor of the Holmee-
burg police station every Friday at 1880
70,
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scoutmaster George Eadline. of the Had
don Heights troop, has left 10 take up
farming in New England his place will
be taken by A. E, Saunders. Accompanied
by the Audubon troop the scouts attend
ed services at ST. Mary's Episcopal
Church last Sunday, The Rev T. T. But
Ter preached on Jesus Christ as a Boy"
dividing the word Scout" into subjects
s standing for Scout" for Careful
ness" o for opportunity" L for use
fulness" and I for triumph" The
scoutmaster will award prizes to the first
scouts who pass their second and first
class tests.
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Mrs. Sarah A s;u,.

Mrs. Mrs. Sarah A. Simon, wife :,
S,Ilon' S,' tor years superintender, " q
MO mount Peace Cemetery, died yest,. ~ TIE
her home, S1i5 West Lehjsb' ,asVerday Il
ner @ go year. Mrs. Simon was nv tbepue que h
ter of Edward Everett, one Of ,ts Iie daurh.
settlers OF Jenkintown. and vss earliest
member member OF the Episcopal ChurcS 'ong q
ay aoly Nativity, Rockledge, F,ov o, ., u,
she was Interested in several ct Saass
institutions. The funeral services 's.l,sels ,.,
residence. Si'llons lats
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Troop 76's Team

The lineup of the baseball team OF
Troop 70 tScoutmaster Leyshon) is: Wal
ter McLister, c.; John Gleason, p: Will
lam Hitler. lb.; Charles Fitzpatrick, 2b.
John Walker, SIS; Alexander Milroy, 3b.
Daniel Booth cf,: Frank Bridge, IT,; John
Busch. rf, and Harry Busch, Martin
Grassinger, Walter Griffiths and Henry
Herman. substitutes For games after
May l nddress John Gleason, 1926 South
Front street.