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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
TODAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

George Walters. sii wildcy st., and Elsie Bit
wseIaw sSapiei, p@2 ogden St. and Pauline
pcter E ssfa HraSdi. G % gSi7 Palmer St, and Rachel
M6erl GeTt' i. M MKrsvta lla5 y. 10th ST. and Rose
che GrISo'i res i 6srrctt, aoso f. Cornwall ST. and
Arg" 4ames ~ Ms"E spnE 2S G st. GGT% and
Mary NeyFle l SG5nF f. st! rhompson st and
Isrsarai hsKs!Tnes $7$s clearaSI aSs Nary St;
staSsr Ssg,sf f %fetTilef,o y Camac ST. and
Giuseppe i'assaro; Chester, IA, and Margaret
Iohn S> whits. hnsl ssl6 * 18th ST., and cathsrino
Kelly 557 f. Walnut lane. 49,, r,,,,
Th9%aSr %ms rdn1r T@rri isaS 'Y eopsTG SaTS ave. anu
John II, PcsGhan HanGPC6 itoiel ana E''"''e'h
ceSSs SsssEF Loo conarG rSp":SSif Si st. and
sarah Mccullough. S'3. Iiuntlnsd9an fs,sorbi,o
M2r5i9 ginou 4YNr .om : So' Gth st. "'" So ""'
Emnsit 4 cGGgmSsn Ie1s"e Ha% island and Emma
cbsTIes srISr''BI Blair. $a5:i Rorer St. ani Frances
Earl TTeas, Berwick, Pa and Eudora p. Bellies
AlossIHs SEms'M H. Siys, 2llG Ruffner st, ana Marie
cGsrss WGs osS '5H Es%d NfSSi% st. and Anna
chsriSs HS%sSiOgg, .;;s, SSls s. I'd ST. and Jean
.Itsissi EssI van Ssp Ps M hss isyDqr N j. and Mae
). Ni%on Atlant,sc, s,s cty ty,,Nrbsm a. st and PAM.
RGSer! iSs rSspp. SnSn'oia asa4 Ri Richmond ST. o.
Michael Austin. RE, Readins Pa and Minna H.
Srry T9seT toGsn ss4 Oh wof st. and Annie TolIn,
JohD hD' sMmraiiwood, aaiG Woodland ave, and
Ursilie Richsrdson 4:l6 Woodland ave- eii,,,,,,
"E CrutcheF, l3I3 Il. Sedsey ave.
Samuel Daniels, Atlantic CITY, y: j. and Mar
Hugh Robinson. 22.7 sisel St, and Miriam
Iarlln. nOJ7 Morris st.
,rcntlny e. Eo.Si.ewis, Camden, " J. and Della
Jackson, l2io $; 10Th Sl ., .,o rrc, \,
cnrSe ,,oM''SS' < ditto Jr. i5t1 Mulberry ST., and
GeTFsT GeTIerencc 60 = Helms. 4G5s Di;man ST.
Spencer r sharkey, 4237 y. Grat% St. and
viiIifaiIn Wicutts TOa s. Washington So, and
Rose NJ Sullivan. 6SO3 Rising sun ave,
| I coma rdn Ninctola I2D5 Penn ST., and Lucia
Faneili. III I,stona st; r..,. .. ,,
h'thnnsnrIe bonohue iS3a S. Hicks st.
Raymond q, stewart 32lI Montgomery ave.
,,lImord o. Dilier, 8Tl y. 18th ST., and Clara
X Irons Downingtown, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
EDISON PEOPLE SILENT
ON TORPEDO DEFLECTOR
No Information Given on Invention
Said to Nullfy U-Boats'
Attacks

NEW YORK, Sept 1s--1nquires at the
plant Of Thomas \, Edison I'M East orange
as to a published report that Edison had
invented a contrivanCc to defect torpedoes
were greeted with silence today.
William Maxwell. vice president Of tho
Edison Corporation merely pointed to- Il
sign owe" the entrance to the laboratories,
stating that any empoyc giving informa-
ton as to work being done for the Govern
inert would he arrested and prosecuted in
accordance with provisions of the espionage
act.
William Meadowcraft, secretary to Edl-
son, declared the inventor was not in his
laboratories today, and said he did not
know where he was.
Publication of the reported invention by
Edison followed reports brought here by
passengers of an American liner, who said
that a torpedo fired Mt their ship suddenly
leaped out of the water and turned aside
as it drew near to the vessel The report
published In a New York paper said the
DETECTING device had been tried on several
destroyers and mechantmen with success.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
FARMERS OPEN FIGHT
AGAINST WAR PROFITS
Big Meeting of Protest. at Chi
>cago to Demand Equal Dis
tribution of Burdens
CHICAGO. Sept. is,

CHICAGO. Sept. is.
With the opening of n three-day confer
ence on the high cost of living. the Farmers
National Nonpartisan League today began
its big national fight to wipe out war profits
and distribute the burden Of the war equally
on all economic classes.
Every train brought hundreds of farmers
TO attend the session. Senators La Toilette
and Gronna headed the list of speakers.
President Townley answered critics when
he announced that seditious or disloyal
utterances would cause election of the
speakers. The meetings are to he patriotic
he and other league officials declare.
Early arriving delegates expressed frank
dissatisfaction at the food administrations
price-fxing program. Farmers had en-
pected SO wheat. They are prepared to cite
figures that the basic Government price OF
S2.2O Is below the cost Of production.
we are willing TO carry our share Of the
war and are willing to accept S2.20 for our
wheat only provided the Government fixes
the price of flour, farm machinery. fuel
and other commodities" one delegate said.
Officials expect 5000 delegates. These
will represent 100000 producers making
1t, President Towncy asserts, the largest
consumers protest meeting ever held in the
United States.
Among organizations sending delegates
are the American Society Of Equity. Ma
tional Grange, American Federation OF
Labor. National Marketing Association and
Nonpartisan League.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
CLERGYMANS WIFE LOSES
POINT IN DIVORCE CASE
Master Refuses to Recommend Decree
Because of Peculiar Testimony
Adduced

NORRISTOWN, Pa, Sept 1S.-ln the d.
vorce action brought by Maria Wurtz Bal
lentine against her husband the Rev Frank
ScbeU~ Balentine, a former rector of St.
James's Protestant Episcopal Church. Evans
burg, the master has refused to recommend
/, the court that the divorce he gran'cd'
The refusal is based upon testimony Wh'c I
went to show that the clergyman himSei
was not without cause for complaint.
The question raised in the masters re-
MORT will he argued next Monday. Mrs
RaIlentine charged her husband with cruel
and barbarous treatment. The testimony
before the master indicated that Mrs. Bal
Icntine was a member of a religious sect,
one of the tenets OF which was opposition
10 the maintenance of the normal relations
~ husband and wife. and that she insisted
thot tho relations between herself and her
husband should be simply platonic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
AMERICAN AUTO MAKERS
REAP FOREIGN HARVEST
For Seven Months Ending With July
Exports Amounted to More Than
s2O,O0O.OO

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-Amercan au-
tomobile manufacturers continue to reap
harvest in foreign fields. according to fig
ures made public today by the Department
of Commerce During July last they sent
to foreign countries 6i67 cars. valued at
S1.1s3.5S3, and parts valued at s2,139,93S,
Il substantial gain over the corresponding
period of 1916. The exports for July were
divided as follows: Commercial ears, 1886.
valued at s3.561.5S3 passenger cars, joSl,
valued at $3,62l $50.
For the seven months period ended July.
1917. the exports were 1852 commercial ma
chimes. valued at s20.62O.O76: 41,1i3 pleas
ure cars. valued at s30,752,0Si, with parts
worth S16,95S,il9.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
POLE HELD AS SUSPECT
IN MURDER MYSTERY
Tells Weird Tale When Arrested
in Home of Mrs. Yetta
Krebs

The arrest of n Pole in connection with
tho murder of Mrs. Yetta Krebs, whose
mutllated body was discovered by the po-
lice in her room at 322 North Franklin
street. is believed by city Hall detectives
70 be tho beginning of the unraveling of the
mystery that has surrounded her death.
Tho story told by the man is weird and
ncohcrent In order that tho fullest in
vestgation may be made, Magistrate Wat
son, in Central police court, today held him
without bail for n further hearing. He Is
being held as n suspicious character.
lie told the police he was Frank 1tlinker
thirty-two years old. and that he was em-
ployed on the farm of Warren Walton, 800
Frankford avenue.
The circumstances surrounding his arrest
are almost as weird as the story told the
police. He went TO the home Of the dead
woman's relatives. at the southwest corner
of Seventh and Callowhill streets, late last
night, forced his way to tho second floor,
where the body of the murdered woman was
being watched over, and, dsregarding the
f.es OF relatives, threw himself PROSTATE
on It,
The persons in the house were unable to
drag him away. They got District Detec-
tive Mccarthy, OF the Tenth and Button
wood streets police station. who put tho man
under arrest
He told the police that on Sunday night
he received phone call at the farm where
he was employed informing him that his
sweetheart had been killed. lie hastened
he said. to Eighth and Callowhill streets
where tho phone cal, was supposed to have
been made. After questioning several peo-
pie ho was directed TO the Callowhll street
house.
lie told Detective Callahan. OF tho murder
squad, that tho dead woman was the one
| he searched for. that he had met her on
Labor Day and that she had promised TO
marry him.
lie said that lie could prove his assertion
| by n photograph of the murdered woman,
| which he had at home.
Detectives phoncd the Walton farm,
learning that he was employed there. They
learned also that no had left the farm
| saturday night at o'clock, returning at 1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
BLIND MANS BOY A RUNAWAY
Afflicted Father Wants 15-Year-Old
Son to Return

A father, blind and paralyzed, was led
into the EVENING LEDGER office today by
his little ten-ycar-old nephew, and asked
help to find his son, Frank Larro, fifteen
years old of 1904 Mifilin stret, who ran
away from home nineteen days ago.
"lIc is the only one have In the world"
said the father His mother has been
dead more than year now, and Frank was
the only one who helped mo or gave me n
drink. | miss him very much, and won't
you please help me find him? lie never
liked school and has run away several
times before, but was gone only for a day
or two. 1t is nineteen days since he left
home, and | am afraid he is cold and
hungry"
playmates of the missing boy said they
saw him in the school yard of the Francis
Reed School, Eleventh and Moore streets,
on the opening day of school. but when his
father approached with a little niece tho
son ran away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Your Soldier

Mothers, Sisters and Sweethearts YOUR
Soldiers Comfort should be foremost in
Tired, Swollen. Blisterlng. Burning and
Aching feet. which are brought on by
Marching and Drilling, can be prevented
by rubbing "Fastep Foot Powder" well into
the feet.
"Fsstep" heals cuts and broken blister.
It's cooling. soothing and antiseptic.
As an effective Deodorant for all parts
OF the body, "Fastep" will prove indispen-
sable in the trenches. when time is pressing
and facilities are lacking.
Send your Soldier y Can today.
All druggists. CSC. or
r. FOUGERA g. CO.. Inc.
90-92 Beekman Street, New York
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
PLAN L. s.. CHEMICAL PLANT
Private Concerns Overtaxed by War
Demands of All Allies

WASHINGTON. Sept. Reconstruction
of a Government chemical plant TO meet
war needs at a cost of S0,0OO.o0O Is now
contemplated by national defense chiefs to
,,cet wars mCrea asing demands. The plans
are being worked out under the direction or
the Federal Committee on Emergency Con-
struction with the approval of the Council
of National Defense.
Government contracts have taxed to the
utmost the capacity of private plants ana
the, new project was deemed necessary to
meet future needs. both for this country
and the Allied nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
PHILANDER p. CLAYTON

colleges scientific schools In other
furnish this higher training the world will have
to suffer-
will themselves perplexed
standards subjects These
twode demands be harmonized.
readu the school the
This probably working
anda school in alternate
there will be special the child
The children
the mills and factories school.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18

in the high schools and colleges. This
should be prevented as far as possible.
Very little can be added to the country's
preparedness by depriving our youth
of the opportunities of education.
Because Of the partial disorganiza-
tion of society and the general excite
ment accompanying our entrance into
the war there is danger of large
increase in juvenile delinquency and
crime. Against this there is no surer
guarantee than prompt and regular
attendance at school.
Our soldiers will soon be fighting in
the trenches, and we shall be spending
billions of dollars for the preservation
of democracy, but this largely will be
in vain unless the boys and girls in
the schools are prepared to make
fullest and best use of democracy and
are taught to preserve it untarnished.
When the war is over our nation
will find itself the leading country of
the world to larger extent than ever
before. Our international relations
will be more complex. This will make
necessary, for the preservation of our
democracy, higher standard of edu-
cation and virtue on the part of the
masses of the people than we have
consciously needed before. The schools
must prepare for this.
When peace has returned the world
must be rebuilt-in a large measure
under the direction of the professional
and technical men and women of
America. Training for this must be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
SSIAN IMPORT
RECEIVED
Regulations of New Govern
ment Will Benefit Amer
lean Exporters
OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS
presbytery Dismisses Three Pas
tors Who Have Accepted Calls
to Other Cities

,,,,ort regulations issued by the Russian
r.,,,is,onal Government have been received
wv r, Tucker, Russian consul in Phila-
s,,nh,a These new regulations, which were
.".,,sd on August 20, greatly benefit Amer
.ssn merchants and manufacturers doing
s-nort business with Russia. as heretofore
shsy have been seriously hampered by a
Misunderstanding of the regulations.
The new regulations specify that these
.n,,a,lons cover all goods to be imported
Ito Russia, by ordinary freight, as well as
H. marcel post. coming by way of naval
srontiers the Russian Finnish frontier and
~. s,ation OF Manchuria. Goods that are
not properly authorized shall be confis-
rated."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Family Away. House Is Entered

The police OF the Park and Lehigh ave-
nues station today are seeking burglars
who broke into the home Of j. II. Hunlcin
o316 North Park avenue. late yesterday
Policeman Burke and Detective Orndorfr
found side window broken and the in
terror i'm disorder. Whether or not any
thing was stolen is not known. The Hun
lein family is out Of tho city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Base Unit to Print Magazine

Jefferson Base Hospital Unit No. IS has
made arrangements TO print magazine
with camp news when encamped either
IN this country or at the front in France.
The name of the publication is the Com
fort Kit" The idea was suggested by
8. Gordon Smyth, an illustrator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
100000 Tract of Land Is Sold

Samuel S. Fels has sold a ten and one
half acre tract of land on Thirteenth street
south of johnson to Samuel 1.ebovety. The
price was not made public; the property
IL assessed at 100000. Among other real
AZ transactions reported was that of the
PENNSYLVANIA Bank, which has purchased
the property at the northwest corner of
seyenth and Wolf streets from j. c. Becker
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Ministers Dismissed by Presbytery

Three Presbyterian ministers have been
s,smissed to other presbyteries; following
,he Septembor meeting of the Presbytery
of Philadelphia. The pastoral relations of
tbe Rev Dr. Hugh Roberts, moderator OF
the presbytery, and pastor OF the central
Torth Broad Presbyterian Church, win be
I,ssolyed October |. Doctor Roberts has
sccepted a call to Stamford, Conn. The
Rev. A. ]. Argo and the Rev. Edward
wright were also dismissed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Farewell Reception to r. S. Morris

farewell reception was rendered Roland
!. Morris. newly appointed Ambassador to
Japan, by the Democratic Club, 227 South
Broad street. Mr.. Morris indulged in
"reminiscences with fellow political workers
with whom he has been associated for a
number of years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Enlist in Ammunition Corps

Eight Germantown young men have
CHOSEN the Ammunition Corps. First Regi-
ment. Company TO- in which to enlist be-
cause Of the excess of danger they may en-
counter in that branch of the service. They
are Alexander Swope, Cornelius Creedom
wesley Broadbent, Roy Button, Harold and
Robert McDevitt, brothers; Michael Nc
carroll and George Peberdy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Want p. r. X. Officials for Army Work

Two or more high officials OF the Penn
sylyania Railroad have been asked by the
government to accept commissions as as
sistants to w. w. Atterbury. vice president
Of the company, who is in France in charge
Of the transportation of the American
troops according to current rumors These
were neither confirmed nor denied by Off
cias of the company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Appeals for Reading Matter

An appeal for books and magazines for
soldiers and sailors has been issued by John
Ashurst, chief of the Free Library of Phil
adelphia. The appeal gives an insight into
the desires of the men for reading matter
and explains how to mark and send pack
ages to men in the service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Lancaster Man. Robbery Hero, Dead

=. LANCASTER. Pa, Sept. 1S.-David p.
s,amiX, sixty-eght years old. of Lancaster
Tho twelve years ago figured as a hero
an attempted bank robbery at Gap, is
gueau. lie was watchman at the bank when
a. was entered by three yeggmen. Though
Sesered by their revolvers, StamX opened
~ IRE and drove the robbers off. woundng one
'o seriously that he soon afterward died
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Dogs Bite Three Children

Three children were bitten by dogs in
Kensngton yesterday. None was seriously
injured. They were Jennie Sommers,
seven, of 1912 Lee street; Anna Spielber-
ger, six, of 2014 Fletcher street, and Frank
Hopwood, nne of 4331 Elizabeth street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Memorial Service for DIR. Ferris

A memorial service for the Rev. DIR.
George H. Ferris, who died in Milwaukee
last Sunday, will be held in the First
Baptist Church. 1t will be in charge of
the Rev. Dr. w. Quay Rosselle, pastor of
the Fifth Baptist Church, and a commit
tee of Baptist cergymen representing the
Baptist Minister'S Conference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Senator McNichOl Improved

The condition of Senator James p. Nc
Nichol, who became i'll last Saturday. was
much improved today. He had a comfort
able night Director Krusen, of Public
Health and Charities. has been almost con-
stantly at his bedside.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Child Burned by Candle

Seriously burned when she dropped a can
die that she was carrying, Rose Dessato,
six years old, 531 Titan street is in seri-
GUS condition in Mount Sinai Hospital
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Fire at Hospital Building

Fire damaged the incinerating plant OF
the Old Jewish Hospital, on Old York road
late yesterday. 1t was confined to the one
building by efficient work on the part Of
the Branchtown fire company, it was said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
Badly Hurt When Cycle Hits Auto

His motorcycle struck by an automobile,
Charles Mertz twenty years old, 5O4s Lud-
low street, received injuries that may cause
his death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18
MAINTAIN SCHOOL EFFICIENCY
DURING WAR, CLAYTON WARNS
BY DIR. PHILANDER p. CLAYTON
United States Commissioner Of Education
written for the United PreSs)


AN ARMY
Ia and colleges of the United this month
Registration should be than year..
a a
in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18

The movements Of the man are f4|
as significant by the police, as Il wh4
tween those hours that Mrs. Krebn IN
lieved to have been killed Informat(on
taihed at the farm further showed IA
Klinler had not received phone call
According TO the police. Mrs Krebs ~
said to have told a friend that she ho4'
ped her and robbed her of $40. The poIi6o|
are working on the theory that Klinl<er'
may know the man. sfN
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-30

passed. Then came the carpenters
sons union.
"Oh, Danny" cried Mrs. O'Toole,
"there's your fatherw
Now, Danny O'Toole had known
ever since he was old enough to know
anything that his father had left him
and his mother in Ireland, when
Danny was baby, to come to Amer
lea. He was to send money home and
when he got enough together to send
for his wife and boy he would do SO.
For awhile letters had come from him,
then they had ceased. His wife had
come to America to look for him.
"Which?" cried Danny.
"The man on the far side, him with
the red head. Call him."
Danny, knowing only one way to at
tract his parents attention, shouted
"Redhead!" with all the power of his
little lungs. The man heard him and
turning his head, saw kid on lamp
post waving his hat at him. Then,
lowering his eyes, he saw his wife
looking in his direction. Leaving the
ranks. he came across the street, ell
bowed his way through the crowd to
his wife, and she fell into his arms.
Meanwhile, Danny. seeing that he
was not getting his share on this fam
lily reunion, dropped down on his fa-
ther with one leg on each shoulder.
His father pulled him down into his
arms.
THE child?" asked O'Toole.
"Yes. It's Danny"
Danny got hug that made him cry
out, and, drawing Off as far as he
could, he punched his hugger with his
little fist.
"Don't you hurt me that way ag'in |"
he said, fiercely.
"Oh, Danny" said Mrs. O'Toole,
laughing through her tears, "your fa-
ther's so glad to see you"
That ended the O'Toole family's in
terest in the Labor day procession.
O'Toole went with his wife and boy
to their rooms, where he explained
his long silence. He had been sud-
denly taken Ill and attacked with loss
of memory. 1t had partially returned
to him and he had written his wife,
but she had already left Ireland for
America.
That was number of years ago.
Since then Danny OToole has grown
to be stalwart young fellow, has
learned his trade and can swing
sledgehammer with any man. And
when Labor day professions march
down the street between admiring
crowds Danny Is sure to be among
them. And he takes q great interest
In the day because 1t is the anniver-
sary Of his first meeting with his fa-
then in America and Of his family re-
union.
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa
per Svndicate.)