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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
PAIR HELD AS THIEVES
Two Men Caught in Pawnshop Trying
to Sell Goods

Accused Of robbing numerous cigar stores
in South Philadelphia, Jesse Broadmax, Of
s24 Wood street, and Lonnie Van Storey,
of 2034 Watkins street were held without
bail for a further hearing october 2s by
Magistrate Baker, sitting at the Twentieth
and Federal streets police station today.
According TO Special Policeman Keenan,,
the men were arrested at pawnshop as
they were attempting to dispose of some
Of the goods valued at about $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
JOHN C. FREUND PLANS
GREAT MUSIC ALLIANCE
Scheme Contemplates Organizing Every
Phase of U. S. Musical
Activities

BALTIMORE, Oct. 20.-A movement ~
great national Importance which, in tllIs
will have worldwide influence, had Hs ~
ception with John c. Freund, the New lo.e ~
publisher and editor, in an address ne e,'.s ~
livered this afternoon at the CITY ~ ~
Mr.. Feund for the first time gave nv ho9I. Si.
Of the coming formation of a gigantic a.
lance to organize the entire usicai aSn
imties of the United States-both lloyv ~.
trial and artistic and including all iron, !, ne
least of the greatest-for the benent OIL ~
every phase and of the public.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
CANDY PLANTS MAY CLOSE
Lancaster Manufacturers Caught by
Waiting for 7h- Cent Sugar

LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. 20.-Big candy
manufacturers here have been caught be-
tween Hoover's promises of 7h cent sugar
and the unexpected shortage and predict
that most of the plants will be closed down
before the new year.
William Frantz, president of the Frantz
Candy Company, said:
I'VE waited for Z Y -cent sugar and now
we are caught without any sort of a sup
ply. The candy situation looks bad"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
sKIDDING AUTO INJURIES MAN
Pedestrian Hurled Through Plate Di"''
Window of Store

An automobile driven by Anthony ln,SssL met
seventeen years old of 172S Cayusss s,reet
skidded in front OF PA North Broad ssv I've.
this afternoon and going up on the paw
ment struck Louis Brooks, twenty-n,s .'s,ne
1851 South Alder street. who was s.sth Ah ne
on the curb. and hurled him throus"
plate glass window of tire concern. nm
Brooks was taken 10 the Hahles- H. .ssrs
Hospital where several pieces OF glAsa ~.
rested and taken TO central police stauoh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
ATTACKED WIFE, CHARGE
Assaulted Her, Police Say, After She
Had Accused Him

Harry Parton, thirty-five years old, Dia-
mond street abovA Nineteenth, was held in
$1,000 bail by Magistrate Collins at the
Nineteenth and oxford streets station, to-
day, accused of assaulting his wife. Mrs.
Parton was unable to attend the hearing
because of her weak condition, according 10
the police.
The police say that Parton attacked his
wife after she had accused him of paying
attention TO another woman Parton
wouldn't talk about his wife's charges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
George Washington Is Shot

George Washington. twenty-three years
old. OF 1880 North Woodstock street. was
shot today, the police say, by John Perry,
forty-eight years old, Of 1888 Woodstock
street. Both are negroes. Washington is
in the Northwest General Hospital. Perry,
who escaped Is being sought by the police.
Ten persons who were In the house at the
time of the shooting were held under $500
bail as witnesses and Mrs. Mamie Perry,
wife Of the accused man, vas held under
feoe bail. lt ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
war-worried Armenian Tries suicid,

Worry over the probable fate of friends
and relatives in Armenia, the police say
led Charles Clnass twenty-nine years old
1912 North Sixtieth street, to attempt sui
eide by inhaling illuminating gas He was
taken to the West Philadelphia Homeo-
pathc Hospital, where physicians said that
he would recover.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
Charles Potts, Old Hunter. Dies

POTTSVILLE, Pa, oct. 20. - Charles
Potts, aged eghty-eight years, perhaps the
Oldest hunter in the State, died today after
having applied for his annual hunters IL
cense, which was issued today. Last year
he bagged number OF foxes and smaller
game, rivaling the best Of the younger nim-
rods. VI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN ROAD
Woman, Accident Victim, Is Identified
at Jewish Hospital

scious last night near the trolley tracks
ON York road above Spencer street was
identiied today at the Jewish Hospital as
Margaret Sullivan, thirty-fve years old.
s2Os Beechwood street She Is suffering
from slight decorations about the head and
right arm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20

CAMP MCCLELLAN, ANNGSTON, Ala,
oct. 2O,--Liberty Loan subscriptions here
amounted to S7074OO. The Fitty-seventh
lnfartry brigade has given S26O,35O. The
Fifty-cighth composed of Maryland and
Virginia troops has raised Sl36.3j
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
Awarded $500 for Dead Mare

ALTOONA. Pa, Oct. a0.---A, Jury ,ilii
awarded Christ Albright sinklns " ia
farmer, $500 damages for the i9sad "a 10 be
brood mare, injured so badly II ~. .e,,loIIo.
bile driven by Herbert w keneF'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20

four cents a year ON every dollar. That is
better than the average savings bank
will do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
Lieutenant HerkneSS
ThrOIUn at Rose Tree
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
The racers were at their best in tho crisp
autumnal air, which brought the pink to
the cheeks Of the onlookers.
For the first time IN the history Of hunt
club racing two-year-olds were eligible
for some Of the events.
Men Of national reputation in horse cir
cles entered their best horses, racers
that made turf history at Saratoga last sum
mers and others from the Laurel track,
Mrs Archibald Barlilie, chairman oC the
Red Cross committee for the meet had
horses in many Of the events. The
stables Of +. Ambrose Clark, NJ. /. Schwartz,
r, B. Strasburger, Walter J. Salmon A. p.
Harvey and Miss Frayin and other we'll
known metropolitan stables were repre-
sented. Among the Phladelphans who
entered their best horses in the COM
petition were Samuel H. Riddle, j. c. Leper,
Major Cassatt Lieutenant Toand, Ivan
Fox, George Brooke, 3D. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter NJ. Jeffords. Mr.. Jeffordss Red
SoX, Saratoga winner, was watched
with especial interest. for this horse has
shown remarkable speed Of late. Captain
Cassatt's Terigourdne, victorious at Piping
Rock recently. also were its followers
while the Glen Riddle Farms entries, as
usual, watched with interest
In the agricultural handicap which
started the proceedings the farmers of the
countryside gave spirited race. sisto
owned by J. Lounes, was an easy winner
in 5:l3.
Major T. B. Cassatts Cachet won the
second race in 1885 for the Edgemont plate
after a neck-and-necR run with r. B. Strass.
burgers Fernbrook.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
SKIDDING CAR HITS MAN
Carl W. Alderman Takes Victim to
Hospital, Then Gives Himself Up

Harry Sensenit, fifty-seven years old. Of
626 North Fortieth street was knocked
down and slightly injured in front of the
city Hall last night when he was struck
by sllidding car driven by Carl w. Acker-
man, the war correspondent.
After taking the injured man to the
Hahnemann Hospital, Alderman gave him
self up. In court this morning he was re-
leased upon his promise to appear when
notified
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
SUMMARIES

Agricultural Handicap. steeplochase purse
500 OF which $50 to tho second horse and
500 to the third and a blanket to all other
horses that start For three e-year-ods and up
ward. the absolute property OF bona hdc farm
ers owning leasing at least fifty acres in
Delaware. Chester or Montgomery Counties, to
be ridden by farmers or farmers sons who
have never ridden a winner in race, other
than one confined TO farmers horses About
two miles over fair hunting country Blankets
donated by Walter NJ. Jeffords. Won by SistO
owned by y Louncs second. Skirr; third. Chest
man. Time.
Second race-The Edgemont Plate; high
weight handicap for two-year -olds and upward !:
purse $3.50. of which $50 to the second horse
and t25 to the third; weights announced three
days before the day set for the running OF
the race. About seven furlongs on the fat
The owner Of the winner To receive a piece of
plate. value 500, presented by William du Pont.
Won by Cachet Major E, B. Cassattli second,
Fernbrook (R r. Strasshurger); third, Jacket
(Samuel Pinkerton). Time, 80
Third raCe--The Middletown Barrens Plate.
steeplechase; handicap for hunters owned and
ridden by member OF recognized hunt. About
three and Il half miles over a fair hunting
country The owner OF the winner to receive
a piece Of plate, value 500, presented by Fred
r. Chandler memorial TO ]. Howard Lewis
former president OF Rose Tree Fox Hunting
Club. The owner Of the second horse to receive
a trouhy. value S25, presented by ID. w. Mere
dth The owner Of the third horse to receive
a trophy. value $l5, presented by J. c. McCbmb
Won by Gigantoi Charles Leedoml second
sambali U.ieut r. II. r. Toland). Time. O3
Only two finished.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
lcopyright. 1gl7, Western Newspaper Union.

Copyright. 1917, Western Newspaper Union }
1t is an interesting fact that many
new ideas in banking originated
through the financial difficulties of
monarchs. once, in 119 b. c.. En-
peror Quit of China discovered that
his finances wefe in bad shape. So
straitened was the treasury and SO
gloomy the outlook that the emperor
summoned his prime minister. This
dignitary was made to understand that
the condition must be remedied forth
with or dire consequences to himself
would result.
AS the prime minister bowed and
scraped his way out of the royal pres
ence great idea struck him. You
see, it was the custom III this court,
when princes or courtiers had audi
ence with the emperor, TO cover their
faces with q piece of skin. So che
hard-pressed prime minister conceived
the plan of having decree issued pro-
viding that for this purpose only the
skin of q certain white deer Kept IN
one of the royal parks should be per-
mitted. He put the plan in execution
and the. pieces of skin were sold for
high prices, thereby solving the finan-
cial problem.
In this manner the first bank notes
were issued. 1t soon became custom
ary for the mobiles to circulate the
skins among one another, and while
SFafn
lation, the prime minister's ingenious
idea is believed to have constituted
the actual beginning of paper cur
rency.
The temptation 10 create money by
the issuing of notes in excessive guam
titles has long been characteristic
of potentates, In many countries ~
was necessary to deprive the ruler OF
his power TO issue money and the right
was bestowed on private institutions.
In 1882 A. D. the emperor of Tartary
made money of paper and leather to
such an extent that gold and silver fell
into disuse. At one time 1t took 1,ooo
min. or $4,000, in paper money to buy
a cake of rice. This reckless issuing
of notes eventually placed the money
in such dlsrepute that in 1856 there
was no trace nf it left.
China was no doubt the first coun-
try TO use coins. 1t had q system OF
its own as far back as $3.50 Il. G. It's
.sPu' money is interesting. THESE
coins were apparently made before the
Chinese began 10 write or before 1t
occurred TO them 10 place on COINS
their denominations. At any rate,
they adopted the rather laborious plan
of indicating value by making the coin
in the shape of the article 1t could
purchaso. Thus. they had knlle
r,in censisting Of T. irregular blade and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
FOOD ORDERS ARE OBSERVED
Meatless and Wheatiess Menu in Con-
nection With Lord Mayors Annual
Banquet at Mansion House.

AT last the gaunt figure of famine
hos StaIked into the Mansion House
and edited the menu of the lord may
Or's banquet. There, everybody who
knows anything about English history
or about good eating, knows that the
center, the very palate, OF gOurmand-
ise is situated, according TO a London
correspondent.
The British empire is ,ransacked for
edibles and pOtables to furnish forth
this aldermanic holiday. And when
the OCCASIONS star guest. the premier,
rises to shake the pillars of the world
with his address, the guests are often
in such a state of torpOr that they
have to scan the morning papers to
find out what he really said. But war
has changed all that. When the time
for this years banquet approached,
LOndon's sensational press began TO
shout for war menu so loudly that
his lordship had to come out and as
sure the reporters of the meatlessness
and wheatlessness Of the coming feast
Another of England's glories vanished!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper UnIol

How many people know the reason
Tor the milled edges on coins? 1t was
introduced through the necessity of
preventing clipping" and Sweating"
1hat gentle art consisted of shaving
the edges of coins to obtain the gold
or silver and then passing them off
lor their full face value Strong laws
against this practice were enacted
from time to time, ever since money
was invented. 1t was even treated as
treason and made subject to severe
punishment, but Notwithstanding this
curo persons OF good position, and
sometimes high ecclesiastics, were
FOUND guilty. Clipping was at last
stopped by the Introduction in 1868
OF milling the edges of coins. Only
those OF higher denominations were
thus treated, and pennies and nickels
To this day have smooth edges.
10 anyone who has delved even a
little bit into the subject of money"
the fascination numismatics holds for
com collectors is readily understand
able. One of the first things man in
vented, money has had long and
interesting history
Coins as we see them today are the
result of q development more or less
haphazard. An example of this is
found in the mark resembling a new
moon which almost every Chinese coin
bears. This originated in an accident
during the time of Empress Wentek,
in $40 a. ID. The wax model of a
proposed coin was presented to her
majesty for approval. In taking hold
OF the model she left the impression
OF her thumb nail on it, and as a re-
suit, it has been q marked character
istic of Chinese coins for hundreds of
years. 1t was even copied in Japan
and Korea.
The origins of money terms are in
seresting. Ia 210 b. c.. the Romans,
who had been saved from defeat in
Battle by a warning that the Goddess
Juno was supposed TO have given, sur
named her "Moneta" from "mOnere''
Ito warm, and erected temple which
they called by this name. Shortly
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
The TRUTH ABOUT
ECZEMA AND PILES

o.. Thousands and thousands of people, says
S6s'eIson, are learning every week that one
cent box Of Peterson's Ointment will
.Uglsn Eczema and Danish piles, and the
9aIetui letters 1 receive every day are
'Tstn more to me than money.
l ,nad Eczema for many years on my
sSaa and could not get anything to do it
10y good. l saw your ad and got one box
! aq owe you many thanks for the good
ASs done me. There isn't a blotch on
i! 1e2d now, and I couldn't help but
vans vans Pei PETERSON, for the cure is great, Mrs.
nay hlll, 40 Third Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa.
o. u have had itching piles for 10 years and
ssleEsoHs is the only ointment that re-
yves ne, besides the piles seem to have
s s-o y A: 5. Ruger, lI27 Washington Ave
aq2 Racine, Wis.
Use PeterSon's Ointment for old sores,
~ ~ rheum and all skin diseases. 1t ban
S T,gs plmples and blackheads in less than
o y Jays and leaves the skin clesn, clear and
Zee it. Adv.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
Lantern on Broadway.

The dimming of the white lights IN
New York has brought the 1okers to
the fore. Recently after the current
had been turned off a man walked up
the big street with a lighted lantern.
He wendell his way across Broadway
and after swinging the lantern about
his head much after the fashion OF
trainmen signaling, he continued up
the street. He had sown seeds that
began TO sprout in many directions and
a few minutes later rival humorlsts
appeared with lanterns, electric fash
lights, and one optimist tried to Keep
a candle going as he walked down TO-
ward Times Square.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE
FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take IS absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained IN every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
Swamp-Root is scientifically compound
ed from vegetable herbs.
1t is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
According to verified testimony it is
natures great helper in relieving and over
coming kidney, liver and bladder trou-
bles
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
If you need medicine, you should have
the best.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need, you val
find it ON sale at all drug stores IN bottles
of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.--Adv.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
Alcohol for Fuel.

A committee of Australian scientists
is investigating the possibilities OF
comRercial alcohol in place of gaso'
line as fuel for internal combus'
ton engines, notes a correspondent
They find that an engine can easily
be run on alcohol and that its thermal
efficiency, when so run, is somewhat
higher than with gasoline fuel. how
ever, they also find that alcohol mus'
be far cheaper by the pound than gaso'
line. and somewhat cheaper by the
quart, if 1t Is to be as economical q
fuel in terms of dollars and cents
Moreover, an engine will not starr
from a cold condition on alcohol.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26

round handle with q hole ia the lat
ter, for convenience in stringing the
coins. Later the blade part was left
off and only the circular handle re-
manned (making its present shape).
Coins were also issued in the shape
Of shirts, hoes, sickles. spades, etc.
Leave it to the Chinese 10 devise queer
but ridiculously simple makeshifts!
What was often an acute problem in
the East is shown by an act of the
empress OF Japan, near the end of the
sixth century. She ordered the bronze
statue of Siaka TO be east into coins
and q plaster one erected in it's place.
The coinage was continually being up
set by the great absorption of coins to
be cast into Buddhist images. At the
end OF the eighth century the scarcity
of copper grew SO general that rent
was universally paid in rice.
In Egypt and Babylon copper was
used in bricks, but generally ia rings.
1t was employed in this manner in Ire
land down to the twelfth century and
is still in use in the interior Of Africa.
The earliest western coinage was eth
er that Of Lydia or Pheidon. The
Greeks and the Romans employed
coins.
The Carthagians seemed to possess
a form OF currency similar to bank
notes. These notes consisted CT small
pieces of leather in which q substance,
known only TO the maker, was
wrapped. 1t was then sealed and is
sued for circulation. These issues
were made only under the authority
Of the state.
1t is significant of the extent TO
which money and banking is allied
with progress that in the middle ages
money became practically unknown.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-12-26
SOY R0BBER LOST HIS NERVE
Youth Reported Alleged Visit Of Band
it, But Later Was Induced to Pro-
duce Stolen Jeweiry.

thrilling story of guns, masks and
-Obbery, which had stirred a country
nelghDorhood by it's recital, melted into
the make-believe of yello-back novel,
once Investigators were on the lob.
says the Indianapolis News. A talk
between two persons, which is said
10 have occurred behind a farmers
barn. led to the recovery of loot in
the form of jewelry and a confession
from a boy, who reluctantly dragged
from his trousers pocket the remains
Of dollar bill.
Sheriff Coffin was called in by neigh
bors after the boy, whose name is
purposely withheld, had communicated
TO persons with whom he lived that
a very dark man, wearing a mask over
his face, had visited his home while
he was alone; that he had been threat
ened with shotgun and, after rifiing
the house, had forced the boy to leave
with him. About a mile from the
house, the boy related, the stranger
gave him % cents and told him to
keep his mouth shut" A duck and a
Belgian hare also were taken, the boy
declared.
When the sheriff arrived there was
O consultation behind the barn, and
when it had been concluded the boy
dug the jewelry out OF the ground,
told his friends that he had sold the
duck at nearby grocery for some
money; that the Belgian hare escaped
while he was on his way to the gro
Gerry, and that the masked man was
the creation of his own Imagination.
"Give him another chance" the sher-
if told the guardians of the wayward
boy. "He won't do it again.
The boy nodded confirmation.