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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
WILL FIGHT
FOR LIFE TO THE END

Continued from Page One
what the director would do. Almost all
the drivers are running their cars a.
usual put anNiously awaiting notification
from President Winner as to whether or
not they may continue longer A ma
Jorlty OF them, II Is said. will discontinue
operations Immediately upon notioe fror,
the head Of their organization to do SO.
IL is pointed out that under the terms
OF the jltney ordinance, there are sew
eral methods whereby motorcars for hire
may be operated on the streets OF the
city without coming under the terms OF
the license and bond requirements. The
ordinance that was passed excepts certain
classes OF vehicles from It's provisions, as
follows:
VEHICLES NOT AFFECTED.
First. car operated exclusively for sight
seeing purposes.
Second. a taxicab or a motorcar for hire
the charges for which are regulated by =
meter.
Third. 4 motorcar operated from a private
garage where the destination OF tho vehicle IL
determined by the passenger or passengers
riding therein and not operated over a fixed
Fourth. A motorcar operated from a public
garaSe where the destination Is determined
IN, and not operated oSer Esd ROUTE route. 'ne'e-
Fifth. car operated from a nxed stand
car is determined by the passenger or pas as
a fixed route.
A SECOND ORDINANCE.
At the same time, when Councils were
considering the jitney ordinance, they
were considering also an ordinance for
the regulation of motor-driven vehicles
for hire other than jltneys. This ordi-
nance was supposed to impose regulations
and license fees on taxicabs. touring
cars and sightseeing cars. This ordl-
nance. however. was not passed.
In this second ordinance were rather
elaborate definitions of Just what should
be considered n taxicab, touring car.
or a sightseeing car.
A taxicab was defined as an automo-
bile to which a taximeter Is afiixed, and
so constructed as comfortably to seat four
persons as passengers. A touring car was
defined as an automobile so constructed
as comfortably to seat from flve to seven
passengers.
"A Sightseeing car was defined as an
automobile designed to carry seven or
more persons as passengers from a fixed
locality TO points of interest about the
city.
AS none OF these definitions have yet
become law, there is considerable doubt
as to whether they can be made to apply
In present conditions.
THE DRIVERS ARGUMENT.
1t Is the contention of the Jitneymen
that they are at liberty to operate cars
without complying with the jltney ordi-
nance under any OF the five conditions
previously specified and that they may do
SO either with or without the use of such
signs as "sightseeing car, touring car"
ito hire or other signs designed to at
tract the public attention to the fact that
their cars are for public use.
In other words, they maintain that the
jitney ordinance applies only to cars for
hire which operate over a fixed route. the
operator OF the car and not the passenger,
the destination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
FIRE SCARE EBiPTTES
BROAD STREET BLOCK
Blaze in Telephone Conduits
Fills North American Build
ing With Smoke.

Fire IN the telephone conduits Of the
North American Building. Broad and SAM
som street, drove most Of the tenants from
the structure and put the telephones out
OF commission this afternoon. A crowd
attracted by the smoke that poured from
the windows Of the 2O-story BUILDING,
iammed Broad street and hampered tho
work Of iremsn.
Former Judge James Gay Gordon.
whose office is at 7z3 North American
Buildins. first noticed the FIRE. He noti-
ned the superintendent Of the building.
and a few minutes later several ire
engines and chemical company arrived.
They fought the blaze from the third
70 the eighth floor by attaching hose to
the standpipes In the building, and turn
Ing the streams into the condults.
Spectators at the windows. and those
In the streets. we're badly drenched when
the hremen turned a stream Of water
against the outside OF the building IL
was not until about ton OF water fell
upon them that the members OF the
"surbstone cabinet" discussinR the war
In front OF the newspap1r's bulletin board,
dispersed.
Many occupants OF the building de-
clined to use the elevators when they
found the structure filllnK with smoke
and ran down the stairs. There was no
panic, however. most OF the girls ana
women remaining calm.
The fire Is thought TO have been caused
py crossed wires In the conduit. At Sow
eral points the woodwork near the con-
dult was burned, but fremen kept the
flames from spreading generally into the
offices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
BEAR ATTACKS GIRL
Child Nearly Scalped When Animal
Breaks Away From Trainer.

One of the three attractions in the
woods at 10th street and Haverford
avenue may cease to exist after the police
investigate the character OF a big brown
bear In the gypsy camp. Yesterday
the animal inflicted injuries upon T.
year-old Ruth Haines. $40 North Slmp-
son street. The child IL now at the
West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos
pital.
Joe George. tho RumaniRn gipsy who
owns the bear. had hearing before
Magistrate Boyle today in the 61st and
Thompson streets station. and was held
IN 900 bail for = further hearing August
a. The policemen IN the district, in the
meanwhile, arc to determine II the ami
NAL Is vicious. George said that the bear
never exhibited such tendencies before
Mounted Policeman Reyhill. one OF the
witnesses. was still nursing several
bruises when no appeared before the
magistrate. When the bear broke loose
he spurred his horse forward, but a
woman crossed his path and Reyhill
refined in suddenly. He was thrown over
the horses head.
The gipsIes and two rival camps Of
evangeliBts drew hundreds of gightHeers
to the woods yesterday. George was
making the bear dance when the animal
suddenly broke from his control and
clawed at the head of the child. Before
the bear was beaten of the child was
nearly scalped.
The rival evangelists are william An
derson and Milton Grotz. Each has a big
revival tent and numerous small ones.
The gipsies have about 20 tents. 40 that
the woods look like a National Guard en-
campment,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
HEAT KILLS FOUR IN CAMDEN
One Victim Negro, Who Was los
Years Old.

Four deaths in Camden today were as
cribed to the heat and certificates giving
that as the cause issued by Coroner
Schroeder. One of those who died was
Charles Evans. of zoos Miller street, a
negro. who was lO6 years old. He was
horn In Virginia in. 1870 and was a slave
for more than half OF his life until the
signing OF the Emancipation Proclamation
by Lincoln In 1858. Evans has lived In
Camden 80 years. He was found dead
In bed today by his son-in-law, Harry
Sharp.
Other deaths reported were as follows:
Mrs. Sarah Brogan, S years old. OF III
North 25th street, also found dead In bed:
Waslaw Maddox, months old, OF ii4O
sycamore street, and David Fisher, year
old, a SON OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Fisher.
OF East Camden.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
YOUNG WIDOW FACES ARREST
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
Inherited Estate of $25O,OOO, Which
Has Shrunk to $500 Through
Litigation.

ATLANTIC. CITY. N. j., Aug, o.
When Mrs. Matilda BELLS, handsome
young widow of Henry BELLS. a Board
walk property owner. who was popu-
larly reported to have left her an estate
worth upward OF $3.50, Co., failed for the
second time to appear In court today to
defend contempt of court proceedings
Judge Shlnn ordered the issuing OF an
attachment for her arrest
The proceedings now pending are de-
signed TO force Mrs. Bells to turn over
10 John b. Black, the subsequently
named administrator. the sum Of $3.50.
which is said to be all that remains OF
the tangible effects of the estate. which
has been in litigation practically from
the death OF BELLS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
sTEINMETz ON AERO BOARD
Philadelphia Inventor to Help Advise
Navy Department.

Joseph A. steinmetz, OF this city, presi.
dent Of the Pennsylvania branch OF the
American Aero Club. and an inventor.
has been named on committee Of ex.
perts to assist two members OF the Amer
lean Society of Aeronautlc Engineers who
are TO sit on Secretary Daniels Navy
Advisory Board.
Mr. Steinmetz is the man that induced
the Government to set apart a space at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard for an avIa-
tion hangar. The committee to which he
has been named will study the application
of aircraft TO warfare. other membera
OF 1t are John Hays Hammond, Jr., and
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Henry w. Wise Wood. president OF
the American Society Of Aeronautlc En-
gineers. and Elmer A. sperry. inventor
Of the gyroscoplc stabllizer for aero
planes, were named by the engineers as
their representatives on the Naval Ad-
vlsory Board.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
TR0LLEY cAR CHASE
Men or Motorcycle Capture Escaped
Asylum Inmats.


An exciting cheet after < trolley car
resulted IN THE capture 81 Niles Bessia
fobin, u years old. of 1910 North esth
street. who made = dash for liberty to-
day BY scaling a hiah wan ~ Kirkbride's.
where she has been q patient eufIerins
from nervous exhaustion.
man passing on motorcycle saw
the girl drop from the high fence 20 the
ground, but before he could give An alarm
she had boarded car at ga street and
Haverfcrd avenue. The motorcyciist sud
denly recognized William Schoenlebef. n
City Hall guard, who was on his way
to work. sehoenieber Jumped on behind
the seat and the chase began. The troi-
ley car had a good lead and the COM
ductor. being in front, had no inkilng
that he was being pursued schoenieber
caught Up with the car AZ 62d street
and the Eiri was taken TO the sist and
Thompson streets police station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
SERBS READY TO CEDE LANDS
TO BULGARS; GREEKS HOLD OUT
Athens Attitude Blocks Plans to Re-
vive Balkan League.

LONDON. Aug. ..
Intense interest 10 felt here in the dip
lomatic negotiations In the Balkan cap
itals. reports from which indicate that
servia Is willing at last to code Mace
donia to Bulgaria, but that tho Greek
Government Is now opposing the sugges-
tlon that she should return Kavaia. the
seaport in the vIlayet of saloniISi. to Bull
garia.
II Is thought, however. that this oppo-
sition may be changed when NJ. Veni-
zslos returns to power. which IL expected
when the Greek Parliament reassembles.
M. Venizelos offered KRvala to Bull
saria when he was Premier simply in
return for her continued neutrality while
Greece went to the assistance of the
Allies against the Turks. but King Con-
stantine put his foot down on the whole
policy. and tho political crisis which re-
suited in the resignation Of the Venizelos
Cabinet followed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
JUST WHAT IS A IITNEY7
HERE'S LEGAL DEFINTTIoN

-. tsss fot ths purposes ss shls .rs,,-
..ss.. motor bua = dcansd - be -rv
.,,'... .plopened vehicle spsrated ~. 81
-. ', - - streets q the city for the pur-
.Ssss .ar.yins hsssenFers for hire. Pro-
,ss,, tns nothins IN this ordinance
,,,.s.. -ppv 70 any street railway car, OF
TOT siEht-seeinE purposea. ~ 4, -, ,,,.,-.
propelled vehicle vshieH, 1. r.,t.a =. s,..,
rom hSed stand IN tho strrst :. 60.
public or private rsr.sr. tbs a..,I,'
at'on ss o. which Il solely under ~. a,-es-
Won OF the passenger or passenger, trsps.
po.,ea therein, or 70 any motor prcp.IIc,,
vsh'eie ,, the ehsrEe Or fare for trsnsp.rt.-
uen IN which is not fixed, but y ,,,t.,.
mined and resulated by n meter stt,.hsa
June ~, 1918. '"0"''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
Aged Man browns Himself

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. s.-samuel
Smith. 40. committed suicide today by
Jumping into the Morris Canal. Two
men, Patsy Parello and Frank Rosell.
saw the elderly man jump into the water
and Immediately went to his rescue. He
was pulled out OF the water n few mo-
ments after he had jumped In, but at
the hospital he was pronounced dead.
Why Smith sought to commit suicide
is not known.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
s,rloNAL DEFENSE" CAMP
aearlTUREs AT PLATTsBURG

aus August 10.
-. september ..
.ssn 1000 Of country's prominent
s.r canvas for . month.
,o.t to each man for four
- 49,
rs,ladslphis men enrolled.
:. ,surs Of work and study day.
80, Tho training Of men for COM
.. IN volunteer regiments In case
Z ,silsnsl crisis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
Mem OF CITY
|nTOLEARN HOW
WFTGHT FOR us.
s,otingent of 100 Phil
sdelphians Leave for
esrnp at Plattsburg,
NEW York.

Month to BE Devoted by
3. "s.tional Defense Students in
ssudying Art of Warfare,
,Ioder Tutelage of Army
0hicers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09

Arrested on Charge Of Wife Murder
RICHMOND, Va. Aug. SALIVA, alias
Tennil, Horr. wanted in Danville. H..
for the brutal murder OF his wife on
September 1s. 1914. Is under arrest at
Hopewell.. Va, the new city made pos
sible by the du Pont plant. CHIEF OF
Police w. q. walker. OF Danvllle, to-
day Identified the man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
ISN'T IT JUST LIKE A BoY7
A Tooth Came out and He Stuffed
II in His Ear.

little dentistry was performed on the
ear OF Francis Luna. 8 years old. OF 1855
Croskey street, at the Woman's Homeo-
pathie Hospital this afternoon. Francis
had a tooth In his ear. IL was a large
tooth, and when Francis reached the hos
pital he had a terrible earaehe.
The lad walked up two steps the nrst
tIme before the pain got better, three steps
the second time and so on until he had
passed the portals. Physicians squinted
into his ear when he told them he had an
earache, but they could see nothing.
Finally they inserted the aural equivalent
OF :. pair Of pliers and out came the tooth.
Francis explained that It fell out OF his
mouth yesterday and he probably put Il
into his ear for safe keeping uneon-
seiously
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
Printeru Oprn Conyvution

Los ANGELES. Cal. Aug. S.-Tha s1st
annual convention of the International
typographical Union opened here today
with 1000 delegates and visitors present
Baltimore 10 making a strong bid for
tho 1916 convention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
Roy HURT IN PLUNGE
Dive Into Greek Causes Injury to Lad.
Will Recover.

Eugene Egan, II years old. OF io2s Olive
street. Is in the west Philadelphia Homeo-
OF the brain. sustained when he took q
ib-foot dive from the limb OF a tree into
two feet OF water in Cobbs Creek yester-
day afternoon.
l.. o. X. Sweeney, Of SD and Race
streets, who saw the lad take the plunge.
pulled him out OF the water and applied
lrst-aid measures, probably saving his
life
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09

Police are investigating n mysterious
shooting in the negro section OF the city.
Rachael Kane, q negress, q years old,
of 1895 Kater street, was shot In the
stomach today, william Henderson, ne
gro, 80 years old. OF Fox's court, near
18th and Cambridge streets. Is uncon-
sclous and 10 believed by the police 20
have fred the shots which injured the
woman Policeman McClain. OF the I'd
and Christian streets station. heard two
shots as he stood at 18th and Bainbridge
streets. At the same time he Baw q
man run from tho Kater street address.
o. investigation no found the woman
lying on the floor OF her home. As he
left the house he heard two more shots
from n stable nearby. In the stable
Henderson was found unconaeious with.
out any marks Of violence on him. They
were taken to the Howard Hospital wero
the woman refuses to talk. A vial Of
poison found in the house leads tho po-
lice to believe that Henderson took the
drug after he shot the woman.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-14

"Some Of you are living for money.
and have no objection to wealth If it
is honestly acquired. but remember
this. gentlemen. there will be no peck
cts In your shrouds and IL there were
your arms would be too stiff TO get
your hands into them. When Commo-
dore Vanderbilt. who was worth $780,
100000. died some one in Wall street
asked how much lie left. and the an
swer was thnt he had left It all. These
words are true Of every n of us. We
came into the world without a dollar.
and we go out without a dollar. II all
the ~millionaires In hen could pool their
money they couldn't buy a drop of wa
ter to cool their parched tongues. Re-
member that. you old r~eprobates!"
roared the evangelist. You can't take
your gold and silver with you when
you leave this world. and 1t wouldn't
do you any good" he added parenthet-
ically. IF you did take it. for it would
all melt"
A smile rippled over the audience 1t
this remark.
Some of you are living for lust"
cried Mr.. Sunday. Here the speaker
launched into a discussion of the so
cial evil and of its effects on society.
He made a strong plea for a single
standard of morals. You cowardly.
contemplate young houndr' he shout
ed, directing his attention to a crowd
of younger men. You betray the trust
still recognizes you. while the umpire
shouts. The girl Is out tell you 1t
does not make any difference to God
whether you wear a plug hat or a hair
pin. 1t makes no difference TO him
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-14

so lonely A young man stepped y
and said. we are going down to ii
Pacific Garden mission. Won't you
come with us? | am sure you will all
enjoy it I arose to my feet and said
to the other boys. .Goodby: I'm going
down to the mission with this crowd
They saw | was Interested and some
laughed. others Knocked. but one of
them encouraged me. Some of them
looked ut me in silence. left them at
the corner. went to the mission and
got down ON my knees and gave my
heart to Jesus Christ. / went owe to
the west side of Chicago aud Joined the
Jefferson Park Presbyterian church"
"Amen. praise Cod" said an old.
gray haired man near the front when
the evangelist had finished the story
of his conversion.
81 have thanked God ever since for
saving me that day" continued the
speaker. listen. men. the other boys
who were with me that afternoon are
now nearly all gone The speaker
then told of the sad fates Of his fell
low bail players who were or the
White Stocking team. One of them
had died in an insane asylum in Michi-
gan. a victim of cigarettes; another
had crawled into a d%runkard's grave:
another died In poverty and squalor
as a consequence of his sins. which
OF those boys won out that Sunday
afternoon he asked Did | or did
they? Thank God, ! won through Jesus
Christ. | am what | am through him."
The speaker paused and said abrupt
~. "How many of you men will say.
Thank you. Bill. your sermon has
helped meY"
The men began to rise IN scores and
hundreds and thousands. until it SEEM
ed that every man 10 the tabernacle
was on his feet. They sang a hymn,
and as they sang the evangelist plead
with the men to come forward and do
as he had done twenty years before
and more In Chicago.
"Who will he the first to step out be-
fore this host of men and declare him.
self a Christian?" shouted the evan
gelIst.
In a moment Reginald Nelson STEP
ped from the press table to the saw
dust floor and made his way over to
where Mr.. Sunday was standing. As
Reginald did so he caught sight Of
Thomas Marchmount walking down
the aisle. and the two men approached
the evangelist together, who greeted
them with a fervent THANK God"
As the editor. and city reporter OF
the Courier were recognized a round
OF applause arose. and others began
to stream tow4rd the front Among
them was Edgar Prince. one of the
largest manufacturers Of Bronson.
The sight of their employer Uniting
the sawdust trail" stirred up scores OF
the employees in his factory to follow
his example. and the front Of the tab
ernacle was soon filed with the peni-
tents.
"This means a new Bronson" cried
Billy Sunday. as be saw the wave of
spiritual power sweeping over the
audience. and men yielding to jesus
Christ In hundreds.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-14
CHAPTER TX.
Man to Man.

"W you can do just as you please.
If you don't care anything
about God and If you don't
care anything about the re-
suits of your actions. you can lie IL you
want to; you can steal If you want to-;
You can fight booze, you can commit
adultery II you want to, but listen to
me: be not deceived, God is not mock
ed, and what you SOW you'll reap. You
can go your way and you can go it to
the limit, but as sure as there is a God
above you will have to pay the price"
With these words, spoken with in
tense ~earnestness. Billy Sunday began
an address to the men Of Bronson and
the surrounding country one Sunday
afternoon. 1t was a thrilling sight for
the evangelist when he stepped on the
platform. The immense tabernacle
was crowded to the rear doors, fully
ten thousand men being massed to-
gether In the most wonderful religious
service ever held in all Michigan. In
the choir loft there were fully one
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-14

whether you wear Il coat or a petit
coat. God does not recognize two
standards. and any society that does is
too low down for me-"
Mr.. Sunday then turned his attention
to the liquor business and attacked the
open saloon In vigorous words.
1.-THE saloons Of Bronson he ex-
claimed. ARE the vendors of poison;
they are the breeding places of crime
and pauperisln; they are the nesting
places of anarchy and the incubators
Of law~lessness. If no one eyer preach
ed before to these old bull necked fell
lows there is one here now who is not
afraid to do It."
A number of saloon keepers and bar
tenders in the audience lowered their
heads quickly.
LET us stop finding fault with the
sins of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob"
continued the speaker. Let us speak
plainly about the vileness and corrup-
ton of this infamous business right
here In Bronson, and we'll see better
times. When l get through preaching
here you can throw me in the Bronson
river If you want to, but | know you
will have to say, There goes a nan
who stood up for our homes. our wives,
our children and our community. Don't
you see 1t. men?" he said, pleadingly.
II am fighting for you and for your
homes. ~"
In bringing his address to a close
MI. Sunday again referred to his base
ball experiences.
II used to play ball." he said simply.
Il played center and left field on the
old Chicago White Stockings. rdon't
believe their equal was ever known,
and am sure their superior v
was. One season we played all year
with eleven men. 1t is over twenty
years g now he continued, while
the audience bent forward to hear him
speak. 'The team was in Chicago. 1t
was Sunday afternoon and | was with
a company of ball players who we're
then famous throughout the world. We
went into a saloon. After coming out
we walked to the corner of State and
Madison streets and sat down on the
curbing. Across the street a company
Of men and women We're playing on
horns. flutes and slide trombones and
some others were singing gospel
hymns. They were the very hymns l
used to neal my mother sing back In
the log cabin in Iowa when ! was a
child. They were the songs used to
sing myself in the Sunday school back
In the old church"
There were tears in the eyes OF tb-
evangelist and his voice was tender u
he spoke. Thousands of men looked
at the speaker through dimmed eyes
and the silence in the tabernacle was
profound.
II listened continued the ex-cham
pion of the diamond. "and God painted
on the canvas of my collection an
memory a vivid picture Of the scenw,
of other days and other faces. l begai'
to cry and sob. and my heart was. q