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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
MYSTERY OF MISSING
COUPLE PUZZLES POLICE
Doctor and Wife Disappeared,
Leaving House in Good Order,
but No Trace

The police of Philadelphia and nearby
towns are searching for DR.. and Mrs
Floyd Felger, who mysteriously disap-
peared from their home, $40 North Palm
street. West Philadelphia, October 30. The
circumstances surrounding their disappear
ance read like the plot of a Sherlock
Holmes story, and so far the police have
failed in their efforts to learn their where
abouts
The condition of their home, the police
say is every indication that the couple
planned to return irsmediately. Coal and
wood had been placed in the kitchen range.
ready for the touch of match. A pot
containing water rested on the top Of the
stove. and the refrigerator in the ward
contained quantity OF edibles None Of
their clothing was missing, and the house
was orderly throughout
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
PR. R. MOvESTOIJNTIi;
ENTIRE RAIL SYSTVs
Board Approves Trar.s 4.
Western Lines to Main y
Company So.

,bo ne ors. fennasylvania Railroad b,, =,
action its oT,n,,e ,,,n step toward putt,. m ak.n
system under direct onera,,ae the whol.
or directors having approved The board
OIL leases and property OF the ,a ,ne transfer
owned by the Pennsylvania Ces,ern linz,
,he pennsylvania Railroad rso"'pany, %
anna company operates al, 90 .rennsyl.
vest OF Pittsburgh. Its e,ocl e. 'n ,ne lines
me pennsylvania Railroad, which bVwned @ By
tees all of it's bonds. "'''ch guaran.
-, IhG merger is subject to the arn-o,.,
me Public Service CommissIonsp p'o,al q
ntates a through which the western iiro. ., The
Win Win me REQUIRED approval, the s, pennrrn, run
onsra,,on % i,roan nr ,% Will undertake the dr.,,
It is understood that there will be =, a'snoush
IN the managing officers of tho ~ p,ss cnsnss
volved '"e road In.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
5000 CASES OF MEASLES.
60 DIE, AT CAMP WHEELER
Surgeon General Blames Crowding and
Lack of Winter Clothing for
Epidemic

WASIuNGTON. SOY. 2@--Bariug coudi-
ttous at camp Wheeler, at Macon. Ga.
where he says there ar" 5000 cases Of
measles, with 900 eases OF resultant
pneumonia, and sixty deaths in y month.
Surgeon General Wm. g. GorgHs today de-
clared this sickness has been inCreas sed by
the fact that soldiers i'm this crowded camn
have beea exposed I" cold weather with
rCthing but summer clothing
The general demands that no additional
men be sent to this camp. which he SAYS,
is overcrowded, and that arrangements be
readjusted so each soldier will have at
least fifty feet of floor space He Saws
the men now are being supplied with winter
clothing and conditions will be rcmcdcd so
disease can be stamped out
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
FORMER PATIENT WANTS
TO GO BACK TO ASYLUM
Released Once as Cured, He ~Tsls
Sheriff He Fears Recurrence =
of His Trouble 1fs

READING. Pa, Nov. ga strange case
of insanity was brought to the attention Oh
Sheriff James Merkel today, when man
who gave his name as Peter Hunter. s'xIy.
five years old, walked into the courthouss
and asked TO be sent to the Harr'sours
Asylum. =.
Hunter told a pathetic story OF now nc
had been sent to the asylum elght yee.'
ago as incurable, After several years .'a, =.
flnement he felt his mind clearing and az
his request he was examined and sent nome
For several months Hunter appeared Per. PEI.
fectly sane. He said today that ne elI
himself slipping and wanted to be put away
where he could do no harm, -... ~. a..
Sheriff Merllel looked up the court recolu'
and found Hunters story TO be ooffe'-
lie was taken back to the asylum
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
TURKEY DINNER FOR KIDDIES
Salvation Army Gives Little Folk
Cheer at Headquarters

Several hundred children enjoyed an ideal
Thanksgiving as guests of the Salvation
Army at its headquarters, Broad street and
Fairmount avenue. In addition TO big
turkey dinner with all its trimmings there
we're cranberries and immense pies-as
much as one coud eat--and I'm fact every
thing that makes a kiddy's life worth while
But that was not all. There was "a movie
show with the latest stunts of the famous
comedians, a bunch of vaudeville acts and
a big band under the leadership of Leuten-
ant William Bridgen TO keep enthusiasm at
high pitch.
The dinner was conducted under the di-
rection OF Colonel and Mrs. Richard. E.
Holz.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
PLANS FOR COALITION
GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE
InNnON Nov %

LONDON, Nov 2s b
Failure of the Russian Moderate Social
ist plans for a compromise Government
seemed apparent from Russian dispatches
today IT was apparently established that
the Moderates had determined to throw
their lot with the Maximalsts. From vari-
Gus sources it appeared that the Bolshevlki
movement was rapidly gaining ground.,.
Yesterday dispatches gave every indica.
ton that the Moderate plan for coalition
of all Russian parties in q firm Govern
ment was well under way. Apparently,
however, the Cadets found sentiment too
overwhelmingly pro- Bolsheviki at the front
for them to succeed. ."t"
General Kaledine, hetnan of the Co.'S
sacks alone seems to be heading any formid'
able party OF opposition to the Bolshevn
He is reported to control in southeast
Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Enemy ReinfOyces
Lines at Cambria
Continued from Page One

interesting, showing the tremendous amount
OF work put in on th- -riple Hindcuburg
line by the German soldiers Each line was
defended by strong trenches dugouts, tun-
nels and a triple line Of barbed wire. each
line fifty 10 sixty yards in depth. The
villages behind the line had beneath them
great chambers which ii would be slander
to call duEOutS; they were more like hotels
nifty feet beneath the ground and were pro-
vided with electricity. water supply, sew
ers, drying rooms and kitchens All the
earth eNcavated from these places had been
deposited inside the houses so from air
planes the villages appeared always per-
fectly normal These underground villages
were absolutely shell proof and bomb
proof"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
DIRECTOR WILSON TO RESCUE
Picks Up Unconscious Man and Takes
Him to Hospital

Director of Public Safety Wilson played
the part of the good Samaritan today.
While driving down Broad street in his au-
tomoble shortly after midnight he saw
another machine ahead OF him knock down
John Langberg. OF 524 Spruce street. at
the corner of Federal street.
Langberg was left lying unconscious on
the street while the automobile which struck
him sped on, Director Wilson picked the
injured man up and took him to st. Agnes's
Hospital His shoulder was dislocated.
The police recovered the other automo-
bile after II had been abandoned at Broad
and Carpenter streets. District Detective
Smith Is making an investigation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
SILK FLAG PRESENTED
Sumptuous Dinner Also Helps Cheer
Inmates of House of Correction

Presentation OF "A large silk hlg. with
gold fringe and tassels. to the House Of Cor
rection at Homesburg made today by
Rodman Wanamaker, and accepted by the
chaplain, the Rev DR.. Vivien. The white
and negro glee clubs, formed among the
inmates. sang. and a quartet from West
Phil ldelphla gave selections
A parade of the 500 inmates formed at
the close Of the exercises and. with SUPER
intendent W. A. Patterson, Jimmy" John
son carrying the new flag and DR.. p. 4.
Hess beating the drum at the head of the
column. m lrched TO the tables for the
Thanksgiving dinner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
$50 Stars in Catholic Church Flag

service flag containing 250 stars was
raised over the Roman Catholic Church of
the Ascension, and WestmoTeland streets,
this morning. Previous TO the ceremony the
men of the parish paraded through the
neighborhood. the flag being borne by MEM
bers Of the church who are In the service
OF their country. AS the flag was raised
at the church 500 school children sang the
star Spangled Blnner" An address by
the Rev. Denis ]. Broughal rector of the
parish. concluded the ceremony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Choose Sites for Hospitals

n AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS,
France. Nov. 2s-Four sites for new
American base hospitals have been selected
by army medical officers who returned to
headquarters today. Construction work on
these hospitals will be begun within few
.Veeks At some points the plans involve
IDpmodeling Of existing buildings. while at
>DT9 rev ones win be built. These latter
:. oongtrpcfed on the unit plan.- per-
11D o11111ea - rats ln1snnitsIy,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
FRENCH THROW BACK
FOES RAIDING ATTACK

PARIS Nov. 20.
German raid. preceded by violent ar
tillcry bombardment and partaking almost
Of the nature of a localized attack was
successfully repulSed by French troops
north OF Cornillet, the official statement
declared today. The enemy lost heavily
The War Office reported artillerying north
of the Aisne in the Sapigneul region, French
raiding det Ichments penetrated German
lines west of the Aisne and in the Argonne
bringing back prisoners. Enemy raids on
both sides Of The Mouse We're repulsed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Fresh Troops Fail
to Break Italians
Continued from Page One

Z TTOM TWgf Onf
mand seemed at first to have been sur
prised. then impressed, then angry.
An order issued by the commander Of the
Second Bosnian Regiment complains bit
terly of the losses inflicted by the defend
ers and instructs the men to take no prison.
ers Enemy prisoners speak of the heavy
losses suffered in the attacks on Monte
Tomba and Monte Fenera. II is Interest,"
ing that the Austrian prisoners show a GER
tain satisfaction in describing the losses
of their German allies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Campaign for Sabbath Preservation

Seven hundred Sunday Schools and young
peoples societies are beginning campaign
this week for Sabbath preservation, with
a lesson entitled. THE Sabbath and the
Home" prepared by the Rev. DR.. William
Henry Roberts, stated clerk of the Presby-
terian General Assembly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Expect Big Recruiting Boom

Hundreds of mail Inquiries regarding
terms of enlistment in the army, and
marine corps are thought to Indicate that
many men employed In the rural districts
will enlist before December is, when yolun-
tary enlistments Of men of draft age will
close automatically under orders of the
provost marshal general
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Girl Scout Gets Life Saving Badge

A life-saving. badge has been awarded to
Dorothy Avil. fifteen years old. OF Troop 81.
Girl Scouts. A week ago she saved the lie
of a small child alone An an automobile who
managed to start the machine and was
headed for . trolley. She t1mped on the me-
chine and stopped H., avsrting collision,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
No Holiday for p. and X. Coal Men

There was no Thanksgiving holiday for
the employees of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron Company today The
men were kept busy in the effort TO relieve
the coal situation in Philadelphia and pre-.
vent a threatened famine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Mobilize Convicts for W.,

The mobilization of the inmate.
tentiaries in every state for wso ., pehl.
being urged by Robert J. McKentv WIN wa
OF the Eastern Penitentiary. Thair ar.'a a'uea
ment as war emergency unit No bpT .s!.
would release thousands Of men ,or 10y. -
in the construction Of shipyards and W.T. ~vn
lines. "''u o'oe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Broad Street Paving Held Tn

Plans for paving Broad street from oI,..
avenue north to city Line. a dista,o. "y !.
$500 feet. are held up indefinitely beca"s. y
lack of funds in the Bureau Of Hirbwsr"'
according to Frederick C. Dunlap, cbi.s !,
the bureau. N'''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Waterman Found Dead on Street

Samuel b. Stewart. sixty-slx years old
Of s4i2 Shawnee avenue. a watchman, was
found dead on the street at the corner of
Arlington and Crefeldt avenues this morning.
He was taken TO Chestnut Hill HOSPITAL
The CQpner was notified. s..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
Fall Down Stairs ID Fatal

North Philip street. died In tho Roosevelt
pospital today from 4 fractured skull.
caused by Q fan down the stairs Of Ner.
e onttis Hail. s4e North ySAakiin street..
shortIy sfter midnight Al. Z q 4 :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
NeJU PetrOgrad
Revolt Reported

Continued from Page One ..a..
that only $50 remain. and at Khamovr,.,
barracks 700 out Of $4,000, w"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-29

splration. What the country wants to
know now Is. not that happy inspiration Is
at work. but that foresight is. and that un.
foreseen difficulties which upset one pro-
gram will not upset another.
There Is an ''if' in the promised 1918
shipping output The total for the year
viii be 100000 tons. IL enough steel is
available. As the success of our war effort
depends on the quality Of output, the steel
must be available. Admiral Bowles de-
clares II may be necessary to commander
steel plants and that this idea has not met
with opposition from steel men in informal
talks with them. No steps have been taken
toward Communicating; the matter has
merely been discussed informally. The dis.
cusslon should be most formal and widely
considered. We cannot move leisurely
toward so momentous a decision. Speed
is more important in this than 1t was In
putting through selective conscription. Re-
sponsibility for the use of steel for non.
essentials should be fixed now on the
proper individuals and not left wandering
vaguely about between magnates and Gov
ernment officials until a suddenly discov-
cred shortage dislocates the program.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-29
Tom Daly's Column
THE VILLAGE POET

THE VILLAGE POET
Whenever I strike the main street of our
In my Saturday peregrination
/ am seldom at loss for some news to set
down
That is worthy at least of relation;
Through fifty-one weeks Of the year /
have found
No trouble in spearing some item.
10 serve to our readers, to teach or
astound
Or more or less mildly delight 'em.
Some tale of the war or some gossip !
hear
Connected with Mars or with Cupid
But I'm fioundering now in the dregs o.
the year,
For the week before New Years is
stupid.
Through the heats of July an the splash
ings of spring
An the rigors of autumn end winter
I've contrived to lind suitable subjects
to sing
That were fit to transmit TO the printer.
No matter how gray or how stormy the
sky,
Through those fifty-one weeks that
mention
There was always some beauty appealed
10 my eye
An excited my lyric attention;
Just word or smile or some sight
would appear
That would conjure up visions de-
lightful,
But I'm floundering now in the dregs o
the year,
For the week before New Years is
frightful.
Here's the Saturday crowd, but they're
solemn as owls,
An they're most O. them frowning or
yawning,
An there isn't the hint of smile on their
jowls
On this eve of another years dawning.
For it's dull as Gehenna, an nothing's
worth while
For a man to be catching a sight Of;
When there's never face on the street
wears a smile
There is certainly nothing to write of.
Why, just couldn't picture this Satur-
day here,
At least not in language that's lawful
l am floundering now in the dregs O. the
year,
For the week before New Years is
awful.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-29
WAR GARDENS ON BASEBALL
DIAMONDS

THE small boys who sign up with the
L back.lots league will groan at the
tidings that baseballs are now economically
as we'll as "sportistically" among the
things "going up" Sporting goods manu-.
facturers forecast Il considerable rise in
price for the coming season. There'll have
to be fewer teams and the players will have
TO tap the pill lightly but efficiently, It is
plain, IL the back lots are to continue as the
great prep school of the national game.
Possibly the increase in the price OF
baseballs may not be a calamity viewed
with close scrutiny. Maybe the national
game will be retired during the period of
the war from the constant preoccupation
of Young America, We rather fancy that
most red-blooded lads will be engaged in
the engrossing pastime of drilling and that
the diamonds will be honeycombed with
trench systems This is an interesting war
game, but one just as interesting and de.
cidedly more profitable would be to turn
the back lots into war gardens. Every
boy can help to victory by substituting the
hoe for the bat. Food will win the war
and young patriots by producing food can
aid the nation at no sacrifice of exercise
and recreation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-29
PHOENIXVILLE'S DEBT
Isaac R. Pennypacker Replies to Borough
Clerk Kelley

To the Editor Of the Erering Public Ledger:
sir-In the first paragraph of the letter of
C. II. Kelley. clerk of the borough Of Phoe-
nixville. printed in the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER OF December 2l. he twice inter-
polates in Governor Pennypacker's Autobi-
ography a statement which is not to be found
anywhere in that narrative. In Mr.. Keeley's
concluding paragraphs are ampiifcations
and gratuitous interpretations for which no
warrant whatever Is to be found in the auto
biography.
What Governor Pennypacker wrote with
brevity and entire accuracy was that his
father. DR.. Isaac A. Pennypacker. gave his
individual note to provide for the expenses
of obtaining the charter of the borough of
Phoenixvilie In the year 1s<s and that this
note he was compelled to pay himself when
II fell due because the Town Council. at the
instigation OF one Of its members, declined
to assume the debt.
The Governors statement was exactly II,
accordance with the facts Of the transaction.
which were well known to the people of the
town at the time. and were frequently dis
cussed by leading citizens for years after
ward.
/ should be glad to learn that the Town
Council in a later year, acting under more
honest advice. and with perhaps different
influences at work, paid this debt Of honor.
as Mr.. Keeey's letter says II did. Unfor-
tunately, Of this he presents no proof beyond
an order to pay Of the year 1850 II the
debt was paid no doubt the town records will
show the payment. Mr. Kelley no FAR has
not shown thai the order referred to BY him
:s. s;'ssss G szss9s ~ sss 1Sr vsen 3 ~ Dcss9
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-29
ONE BIG RAILROAD; ONE BIG
COUNTRY

TTNHE railroads have become one big rail.
L road. That means that forty 4ight
States must become one big country. The
stroke of the pen that erased artificial bar
riers on the railroad map erased also state
lines for the duration of the ware The
orders of the Director General SHALL have
paramount authority" over the orders Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission and
all the State commissions. The forty-eight-
headed hydra OF unco-ordinated ratefixing
Is beheaded, but receives one big head; 1t
will indeed have TO be big one
With the vanishing Of state and railway
frontiers go the lines Of demarcation be-
tween the many hundred thousands of men
and women who own the railroads and
their employees. These two great groups
are now equally the servants Of the Gov.
ernment. Capital, like labor. is to receive
fixed wages. The natural corolary Of this
is the Topping off of fancy salaries. Since
Mr.. McAdoo. head Of the greatest railway
establishment in the world, with his serv-
ices as Secretary of the Treasury thrown
in for good measure. receives only $4,000
a year, there can be no objection to the
reduction Of fabulous presidential salaries
and of payments to elaborate staffs of
freight solicitors. Genius must have its
reward. But genius started last spring to
work for the Government on n "dollar-a.
year" basis. and that path of service is
still open. Men who have been compelled
to concentrate on financial problems. and
who were paid high TO make railroads pay,
are set free from rate worries. The Gov.
ernment has taken over their responsibility
to the stockholders.
The United States is now in command
Of the railroad employees as much as it is
of soldiers and sailors. There are no
strikes on the railroads which are built
under fire right up to the battle line to
carry ammunition and food to the men
in the trenches. The American railway sys-
TEN has become an integral part Of the
huge war transportation system. Just as
the Director General can curtail passenger
traffic for a time, IL need be. on any given
line, thereby wiping out railroad trade
asset in excursions. special rates. etc,
which required laborious years of advertis.
ing and other planning to build up, so he
can make demands Of the unions which
may seem for a time to rob them Of hard.
won privileges. Arbitration must be com.
pulsory because war is compulsory. Econ
omy resulting from the removal Of the
competition which so often duplicates ex.
penditures should provide Mr.. McAdoo with
sufficient funds to make what wage adjust
ments justice may dictate. Some students
Of the situation are optimistic enough 10
predict that the Government will make
profits on the operation OF the roads, sur
plus over the three.year average earnings
guaranteed the roads. But it is too early
TO count on that.
The spirit of conciiiation is vastly ex.
tended by Government operation. A man
works for the United States in an entirely
different mood from that in which he works
for a private interest. We can count on
that new spirit to straighten out many
tangled problems that now seem difficult.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-29
MORE ABOUT PHoENIxvIIJ,r
To the Editor Of the Ereming Public Ledoer.

Sir-In your issue of December 21 thar.
appeared letter from C. H. Keelev. cIer,,
or the borough of Phoenixvile wherein tba
writer refers TO the autobiography OF the rats
Govern3r Pennypacker. Mr.. Keeley ettemnts
to prove from tho borough records that uur-
CESS Pennypacker. the Governors fatbe,.
was paid his bill for the charter which th,,
burgess had secured. From the data which
Mr. Keeley presents It appears that the Bor-
ough Council authorised the drawing of an
order TO pay the cost of procuring the char
ter but Mr.. Kelley must know verv we'll
that this Is not proof that the bill was ac-
tually paid. He fails to refer US to the order
and we do not know whether or not IL was
drawn he also fails to refer US to q receipt
or to a Cancelled check. Under the circum-
stances I prefer to believe the statement of
the Governor who had a most marveo,r,
memory for details and had probably dis
cussed the matter with his father many
times.
cannot close without observing that Mr.
Keeley's acidulous remarks reflect no credit
on him nor on the borough OF Phoenixvllle.
Governor Pennypacker is not telling a story
wherein anybody Is q hero. but certainly
an autobiographsr may be pardonsd for re-
fsrring 70 himself, his relatives and his
fr1eu6h PERCY Q. VE0ER.
Poll>d<lpAia, ps1sa>R q