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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
BURGLARS, AFTER
MONTHS VIGIL,
ENTER DWELLING
Get $500 After Long Stay
IN Vacant House Adjoin-
ing Broad Street Home.

Rufslars who stayed a month in the
ftlrd floor OF vacant house at 4io4 North
Broad street. awaiting an opportunity to
rob the home OF Christian Pfeiffer at
sios North Broad street, finally managed
to get into the dwelling and made good
their escape with nearly 500 In cash and
ieweiry.
A policeman OF the Germantown sta
tion narrowly escaped being shot by a
fellow biuecoat when the two were In
vestigating In the house in response to
call from Mr. Pfeiffer. one of the blue
coats was leading the way UP dark
stairway when his pocket fashlight
stopped working and he stumbled over n
turn In the stairs.
Tho SECOND policeman. thinking his
conpanion, was struggling with a bur-
glar, fired three shots in the air. He
took step forward and bumped into the
first policeman.
Mrs. b. H. Bowman, a daughter OF Mr..
Pfelffer, owned the stolen money and
jewelry She and her husband occupy
third-hoor front room IN the house. When
they went down to dinner last night they
locked the door to their room, and this |
ls believed to have prevented the thieves |
from going through the rest of the dwell
ing.
EfutIdHCS u lub TOOIl was kdlHeu AIuill
q balcony. To reach this. the thieves
had 20 swing from the balcony of the
vacant house adjoining rslSing fall to
the sidewalk. They obtained S75 in cash,
rings valued at $500 and a pin worth $685.
according to the reports made to the
police,ss ,~i
Investigation in the vacant house
showed the third floor front room had
been occupied for some time. There was
small cook stove in the corner and a
flre was still burning in 1t when the police
entered Cigar and cigarette stubs Uttered
the floor. The men had fitted the room
with several rugs.
The agent for the owner of the house
told the police a man got the keys to
look over the property a month ago,
When he returned them he asked that a
lease be sent him, giving a fictitious ad-
dress. 1t is thought he made duplicates
OF theJ keys. A description of this man
has been furnished by the real estate
agent
Thieves broke the window of the
butcher shop of Joseph Bradley. Moya-
avenue and Federal street, last
night, and stole $50 in cash and meat
valued at $50,
Mrs. Hannah Benefits home, 1927 North
l7th street, was entered by burglars last I
night. and S77.50 was taken from bureau I
drawer. {
TAX a5 .s> 8
Robbers "jimmied" the front door of 7
the residence Sof Patrick Dooley, 3O14 {
North I'd street, while the members of
The household were asleep. and clothes c
valued at $50 were taken. s
7. Z. Gillespie, 1928 Fairmount avenue, h
reported to the police last night that his v
automobile. valued at $780, had been Il
Itolen from in front of the house at zoos S
Arch street. Z
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
DIR. S. B. BOOTH CHOSEN PASTOR
VIII Occupy Pulpit of st. Luke's
Episcopal Church.

The Rev. DR.. Samuel B. Booth, a for
mer missionary worker In Idaho ha
peen elected rector of st. Lukes Episco-
pa Shureh, b and Huntingdon streets.
the pulpit since the early part of 81
month when the Rev Joseph Manuel ra.
moved to West Philadelphia 10 taEa
charge or ST. Barnabas Church. sIth
street and Haverford avenue.
Doctor Booth is graduate of Harvard
University and has an excellent record
t,u IN uhe West where he worked for long
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
THIEF GETS HEIRIooM JEWELS
Home Of William n. Wanamaksr,
Jr., Visited by Burglar.

A burglar, who iimmied his way into
the home OF William II. Wanamaker. n
Ia Highland avenue, Merton. rapidly veni
through bureau drawer, obtained 500
worth OF jeWeiry, ana then WAS fright
ened away BY the ringing OF the ls1e.
phone bell.
BY the time members OF the family eot
to the second hoor the thief had aes
Captain ponaghy, o1 the Lever Merton
police vas notified. aud hls men ssf
to work securing the highways la he
yleinity Of the Wauamaker home. but
failed 70 intercept fke thlsf
A description 81 the itueIry has baA,
seat p the fhiladeEpaia nouoa ana s elozs
Haten ~ - kept "a za paHnzhens s,
az s#4z4 e recover lE Aaa znz-
$40 na4 q AeI1iaona s1zs
4siH1za n - isQz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
Three Dead by Illuminating Gas

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-Leopold Green
burg, 80 years old. and two of his chill
dren. Sylvia, years. and Rebecca, Is
years old. were found dead early today
from the effects OF Illuminating gas
when Mrs. Greenburg and two small
children returned home after attending
the wedding of a relative. Greenburg
was a consumptive and had been unable
to obtain work for some time, because
of his ailment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
FIREMEN MUST NOT SOUND
BELLS NEAR TABERNACLE

Porter ISSUES Order to Prevent Panic
Among Timid Worshippers.
Director Porter today issued the fol-
lowing order to Chief Murphy, of the
Fire Bureau:
You will please issue Immediately posi-
tive instructions that all police and fire
apparatus passing the Sunday tabernacle
at Logan Square shall under no circum-
stances sound the bells or blow the sirens
To the large number of people assembled
there, many Of them timld. the ringing
of fire and police bells is discomforting,
and you will assist in relieving this stu
alton by seeing that this order is COM
piled with"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
DR.. ARNO POEBEL SAFE

Mention the War.
Anxiety over the fate of DR.. Arno Poe
bel, the distinguished sumerian scholar
who was thought to have been killed In
the war. was relieved this morning when
a letter from him was received at the
University Museum.
The latter was dated Breslau, Novem-
ber 25 and said nothing about the war
or what he was doing 1t is evident that
the letter had been held up by the CEN
sors. Repeated efforts to communicate
with Doctor Poebel by the authorities at
the museum had failed. They now be-
lieve he is not with the army
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
poNTs FOR BROMIDE
oRfTICs or SUNDAY

CRITICS or SUNDAY
aWhateVer yoH think, gow ni''st
admit he does a lot 81 good
WOf course he's 0stttnQ ffcn 10
mo fhis sort Of thta0.Y ...,,,
SHo1o snanv OF these converts fo'"
stdp oonvertedf
~ fhiyb he could get the same
resaits tcith other ntethods.
"WeH, he's a good actor, dsyhoa0S,
it,s as good az a UdudeDHle ShotV;,
@The Amertcdn people IKE TO oe
hum bu00ed." ,.,
sy1ooytino this sort Of thing"
III 1pondey " he's sincere"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
DENIES LEAs1Na Ho1rsr.

Today Shields denied that he had used
the words and said that he had merely
occupied room in the house and that
he went to the police as a favor to Mrs.
Eta Petit, the housekeeper, who saws
she leases the property. Loux & Sons,
furniture dealers next door, own the prop
erty and for 10 years have leased it in
the name OF the Petit woman. They say
they knew Shields as an ardent worker
In the neighborhood in the interests of
Mrs. Petit. They said he sent many
lodgers there Shields has been a sub
committeeman in the local Republican or
ganization under leaders C. W. Gillespie
and Gilbert Stackhouse.
When the police made a close exanine-
tion Of the haul hypodermic needles ana
other paraphernalia used by dope tends
were discovered.
Ihere was genera lexodus from the
mouse today as the result of the raid
Mrs. Petit went to the central police
court and told the authorities she had had
no knowledge of the business of the four
men and that she had never been In their
room since they came there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
POLICE RAID
COKE DEN

Continued from Page One
went to the station and said to Lleuten-
ant Smiley:
Where did you get the keys to my
house today SO that your special men
could get ln?"
Lieutenant Smiley told him and Shields
said:
You don't have to play any tricks
when you want to get in. Just let
me know and I'll let you in" There
was more conversation in which Shields
referred repeatedly to the place as my
house" and the police made record of the
fact.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
PAN REFERENCE R

A municipal reference bureau,
where Missouri towns and cities may
obtain non-partisan information on all
municipal and civic affairs, will be
operated in connection with the Ex-
tension Division of the University of
Missouri at Columbia this year.
Whenever information is desired
concerning lighting systems, water
supply, paving, city parks, city gov
eminent, police and fire projections,
or any Of the many problems that at
one time or another confront the city
officials and the citizens Of a town,
the Municipal Reference Bureau will
be prepared to supply clippings, re-
ports, speeches, and especially pre-
pared articles telling just what other
cities and towns in the United States
and elsewhere have done or such a
subject. The information will be nom
/ -
partisan, the city getting it will simp-
ly be able to know what other places
have done and profit by their exam
pies.
The work of compiling the extern
sive supply of newspaper clippings,
reports, laws, bulletins, and books on
all municipal subjects will begin at
once. c. II. Williams, Secretary Of
University Extension, expects the
bureau to be ready to answer ques-
lions by October /. R. G, Journey,
instructor in political science in the
University of Missouri, will have
charge of the bureau. An announce
ment Of what the bureau is ready TO
do will be sent to the officials in each
city and town as soon as the bureau
is ready to give service. The service
win be entirely free. Wherever pos
sible duplicate copies Of material will
be kept SO that each city asking for
information may have it long enough
Ito fully consider the matter in ques-
ton.
It is planned that the University of
Missouri Municipal Reference Bureau
will he able to give even the smallest
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
pIsARMING UNITED STATES,

(J. d. Whelpley in the Outlook.)
A great good for humanity may
come out Of this war, and it must be
great for the law of compensation to
work out; but it will not be a material
gain for combatant or neutral. Neith-
er will it be a worldwide surcease
from war.
The present propaganda of the paci-
fists is doing a vast spiritual harm to
the American people. 1t is encourage
ing an egotistical %selishness, a spirit
of Pharisaism, destroying their touch
with humanity as a whole, and blind
ing them to what is going on in the
world other than bloodshed.
It is also further disarming our
great. Nation, already more helpless
than was England on land when this
war began-a Nation which is in
need of sufficient organized power to
enforce its just demands or resist ag-
gression, and nowhere in America is
the effect Of this malign influence
more in evidence than on the Pacific
Coast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
LIVE WIRE KNOCKS
YOUTH UNCONSCIOUS
Hubert, Eight Year old scn Of Mr.
and Mrs. L. NJ. Saunders,
Almost Eleetrocuted.

Hubert, the eight year old SON OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Saunders, was al
most electrocuted, early Friday after
noon, when his hand aceidently touch
ed a live wire at the corner Of Mis-
souri, Ave. and Jackson Street. But
for the timely presence Of mind Of his
father the boy would have been killed
as $50 volts was passing through the
wire.
Mr.. Saunders and the little fellow
were going TO the Fair grounds. The
child's left hand accidentally struck
a guy wire holding one Of the trolley
poles of the Mexico and Santa Fe
line. The wire was crossed with one
of the trolley wires and as soon as
Hubert came in contact with it $50
volts passed through the body.
The little fellow dropped uneon-
%scious. However his hand, which was
open, was held to the wire by the cleo
tricity. His father tried to pull him
away but was knocked from his feet
Mr.. Saunders then threw the entire
weight of his body against the child
regardless Of the danger and succeed
ed in freeing him. The child's hand
was badly burned. That the little fell
low was not instantly killed is most
remarkable. It took quite a little
work to resusitaate the boy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
Let the Whole Truth be Known.

Let the Whole Truth be Known.
Missouri's total receipts into the
general revenue fund July l, 1914 to
July /, 1915, the fiscal year just past,
were So, 99S,434.47. The expenditures
for the public schools during the bien-
NAL period, 1918 and 1914, (appro-
priations being made for two calendar
years at a time,) were $6,865,899.SS,
The two sums above enumerated are
larger than ever before, and the per.
centage of the States total income
spent for schools is also much larger
than ever before. A moments stud,
Of the above figures will show thai
over one-half the States total genera
revenue was appropriated BY th'
General Assembly to the public
schools, a much greater proportion
and a greater total sum, than an!
previous year, notwithstanding thu
insincere cry Of a hostile press in ad
vertising only part of the TRUTHS
the effect that certain fees were thi
year excluded from the so-ealled zone
third superintendent. While tn
"one-third' apportionment is smaller
that is but one appropriation. Othe
school appropriations made are $
much in excess of their usual size tina
their excess much more than offset
the reduction in the only school op
preparation that is smaller.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
o OF AUDRAIN.
Prof. French Strother Writes the
Ledger From Virginia.

Editors Of the Ledger,
Mexico, Missouri.
Dear Sirs:-
Union Hall, Va, August Is, 1915.
II thank you for republishing a let
ter | wrote to the st. Louis Republic
a few days ago.
Am l not justifable in saying that
the people of Audrain are the most
literary, refined and ~appreciative peo-
pie to be found in our country? This
will not be disputed. / think the
number Of first class weekly papers
published in the county of Audrain,
and in addition to the weekly papers
the Ledger's Daily and the many
copies of the various editions Of that
wonderful st. Louis Republic are evil
dence of the truth of the. above asser-
ton.
Mexico is surrounded with live
towns-Fulton, Columbia, Paris,
Perry, and other live towns. Perry
is tearing down the school buildings,
it was once proud of, and erecting
magnificent public school structures,
but the magnificent Mcmillan High
School and other public and private
buildings such as Hardin College, the
Military school buildings, the people
Of Mexico and Audrain can point to
with pride and pleasure and say, Eek
eel them if you CAM"
If it were proper, | would not only
mention the many papers Of Audrain,
speaking Of each one individually but
it would do my heart good to compli-
ment them. Each one is a worthy
competitor of your ideal county week
ly and daily. ! say "ideal" consider
ing the difficulties you have TO meet
Well | do hope the Junior Editor
will make the Ledger better and bet
ter, and allow only one paper in the
state of Missouri to excel it, and that
is the st. Louis Republic. Brains are
not as much needed, as a true worthy
man who trusts in the Lord and does
good, so shalt thou dwell in the land
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
MISSOURI SADDLE HORSE
FUTURITY HELD FRIDAY
weanIing and Yearling Divisions Of
the Missouri Saddle Horse Fu-
turity Held.

Regardless of the rain the wean-
ling and yearling divisions Of the
Missouri Horse Futuity were held
Friday under the auspices of the Mis-
souri, Stockman, at the fair grounds.
This was the best ring Of the fair and
was well worth seeing.
In each ring there were ten ribbons
tied. The awards in the yearling ring
were;
Rexie Dare, Miss Loula Long, Kan
sas City.
Katherine Farmer, W. W. Cross
white, Clark. Z
Aletha Dare, Miss Loula Long
Kansas City.
Ethel Mcdonald, Jimmie Buford.
Paris.
Mary Hazel Bush, French Fields
Mexieo.
Missouri Premier, Miss Loula Long
Kansas City.
Pauline Mcdonald, H.. F. Cabble
Forest Green.
Unnamed, by Golden Chester, ]. p
Arnold, williamsburg.
My Major Rex, W. o. Patterson
! Forest Green.
Chester Filly, E. s. Stewart, stur.
geon.
In the weanling division the ribbons
were tied as follows:
Majors Hilda, Miss Loula Long
Kansas City.
Bess Fralic, Miss Loula Long Kan
sas City.
Billy Leach, Ed Spires, Holiday.
"Ill Show You, Miss Loula Long
Kansas City.
Unnamed, E. s. Stewart, stur
geon.
Unnamed, by Golden Chester, J. P
Arnold, williamsburg.
Palmer's Dare, Miss Loula Long
Kansas City.
Chester Filly, owned by J. ?. Ar
mold, Williamsburg.
King Dare, Miss Loula Long, Kan
4 -nn ~. w.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
Prof. French strother.
Eric Cunningham injured.

Eric Cunningham, wagon mar for
the Arctic Ice and Storage Co., was
painfully injured, Thursday morning,
by running an ice pick through the
palm of his left hand. He was cut
ting a piece of ice, it shattered; the
pick going entirely through his hand
He received immediate medical at
tention and no bad results are expect
ed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
Real Estate Transfers.

Joe f. Williams to c. d. Heinlen,
Warranty, Consid. s4325 1886 acres
in E Y of % and in W u of 23-5O-9.
Rhoda Hall, to John C. Maxwell, War
ranty, Consid. $500 " int. in E " Of
.SW of 7-51-7.
Edward Kerwin to t. M. NARROW,
Warranty, Consid. $2750 Lot 2 in City
Survey 40, Mexico,
Sarah E. Little to w. H. Upham,
Warranty, Consid $500 Lots 2 and 3
in Grand View Add. to Mexico.
Sarah E. Little to William II. Up
ham, Warranty, Consid. $500 Lot 1
in Grand View Add. TO Mexico.
W. F. Mangus to George W. Chase,
Quit Claim, Consid. $1.00 Lots s and
Is. Block Z, Orig. Farber.
Nancy M. Taylor to G. F. Hagar,
Quits Claim, Consid $1.O0 Lots 2 and 3,
Block 8, Trolley Heights Addition to
Mexico.
Minnie and Lille Boeger to Fred
W. Llewellyn, Warranty, Consid. $1.0O
and other Lots % and 20, Grand View
Add. to Mexico.
Fred W. Llewellyn to F. A. BoegerI
Warranty, Consid. $1.00 and Other
Lot 13l and W 80 feet of Lot 1872
Block R, Beattys Add. to Mexico.
William II. Morris to Minnie Az
dell, Warranty, Consid. $2s25 N u
of Lot 8, Block /, Billiards Add. t.
Mexico.
William O. Mckenzie to John P
Mckenzie, Warranty, Consid. $4,000
y int. in Sc of 20 and NE Of 80
SOTO.
John P. Mckenzie TO William 9
Mckenzie, Warranty, Consid. $500
u int. in sW of % and NV of 80
SOTO.
Oliver L. Wheeler to E. ,. Wheeler
Warranty, Consid. $1.OO and othe
Lots z and 8, Oak Park Add to Mex
leo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
In RATEs REsIGNs.

J. d. Bates, superintendent of the
Mexico & Santa Fe electric line, has
resigned. Mr.. Bates has been work
ing for the improvement of the line to
the neglect Of his other business in
%terest and felt that he could no longer
afford to continue in the work. The
efficiency Of much of the system is
due to his efforts.
MI. Bates will have no successor
though v~ice-president Ashby Bolts
will attend to the duties of superin-
tendent for the present. We are glad
to state Mr.. Bates will continue to
make Mexico his home. The passen.
ger car now makes three round trips
from Santa Fe to this city each day
Shortly a two trip a day schedule will
be inaugurated for the freight train
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
SAYS PICKLES ARE BRAIN Foop
Chicago Herald

Chicago Herald.)
The lowly pickle was ably cham
pioned against the sings and arrows
Of a hitherto scornfud public.
For the t%ifty-seven members Of the
National Pickle Packers Association
gathered at the Palmer House in their
annual convention. There was an in
expressible dignity about the assent
blage which nothing short Of the
heretical strains Of 100 Much Mus
tard" could have marred.
Actuated purely by a desire to see
fair play and give the poor pickle a
chance, a reporter interviewed a NUM-
Der of these expert ~preservers for the
purpose of finding out the hidden as
well as the superficial charms Of the
pickle.
'There il no doubt" said Frank A.
Brown, secretary of the association,
shat the pickle preserves the teeth
All dentists recommend pickles for
their patients and | am firmly convin-
ced that they also exert a good IN
~iuence on the complexion. Freckle:
and pickles have an antipathy for each
I other, and / have uniformly found
that the pickle is victorious where
given an opportunity to show its
worth"
Leonard N. Hathaway was equally
loud in his praise.
al have always found that the con-
frmed pickle eaters are more affec-
~tionate and sweet tempered than their
lofty brethren who shun the relish as
plebian. I'm getting so ! can tell q
pick1e-eater from a pickle-hater i'm
mediately, and / invariably like the
former"
W. II. Shaw hooted at the idea that
wellbred girls Of today are being
taught to despise the pickle as a bane-
full thing. ION the contrary" sale
Mr.. Shaw, "the pickle is fast becom'
ing the leading factor in the curriculs
Of modern finishing schools. The ma
jestic species called Dill is firmly en-
sconced in the affections Of nearly
every schoolgirl"
The theory that pickles have prop
critics essential to brain food was ad
vanced by William H. Bunge. 9TH
lbrainest men I know eat pickles am
lots Of them" said Mr.. Bunge. "A
they ate pickles long before they wer'
considered brainy, | feel the pickle
must have had something to do witt
it,"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
Mrs. B. F. White Dies.

Mrs. B. F. White died at $3.50
o'clock, Thursday evening, at her
home in this city. Mrs. White was
"a years old and had been in poor
health for many months.
She leaves her husband and four
children to mourn her death. The
children are: Mrs. Nettie league
MRS. Stella Bridgeford, Ross White
and ]. W. White, all of Mexico.
The funeral services were held al
the Christian church, Saturday, al
2:3O o'clock by the Rev. Nh. Schullen'
berger. The Ledger joins the friends
of the family in extending sympathy
to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
RAIN ENDS FAIR AFTER
DAY AND 4 HALF SHOW
Saddle Herse Futurity Held Friday
Afternoon in Rain 10 Settle
Winners in Rings


Rain allowed only q day an a half
Of the Mexico fair u show. If the rain
ceases before midnight tonight and
the sun is shining tomorrow morning
Manager Friedman Of the automobile
races. says they will be run as adver-
|tIsed. The Missouri Saddle Horse Flu
turity, of which there are two rings,
was held Friday afternoon in the rain.
Saddle Hcsse Futurify.
The yearling and weaniing divisions
Of the Missouri Saddle Horse Futurity
were held Friday afternoon under the
grand stand. Quite a crowd was pres
emit to see the two splendid rings.
The judges were: W. d. Lee, Will
lard Potts, Of this city, Stockton
Fountain and chas. Green, Of Cen
~tralia.
Thursday saw a tremendous crowd
on the grounds regardless Of the over.
cast skies. Everyone was delighteC
with the show rings and entertain
ment features. 1t is quite likely th'
Fair Association will suffer a heav.
loss as a result Of the rain.
The Grand Championship. for Five
Gated horse, mare or geIding for the
$500 stake was won by "Maurins
Fisher" owned by Miss LouIa Long
Kansas City. John Woods Won sec
ord with "Cigarette;" Joe Potts, o.
San Antonio, Texas, took third none,
with "Sutton Star" and James Blu
ford, of Paris, fourth with "Ray Nc
Donald "Maurine Fisher" won thil
stake at the Columbia Fair last weel
over astral King" Houchin's grea'
horse.