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The Meeker herald., 1918-03-09
MURDER ALA MODE
bad Men" Of Gotham Have Va
rious Ways Of Gaining Ends.


Here's how the different bad men
of Manhattan engage in the pleasant
pastitne Of dumping 'em on"
Along the water fronts. where many
a msn Is sent to the happy hunting
ground each year. the thugs are not
artistic. In this section Of town live
the tough-and-tumble fighters Of the
docks. A blow from an Iron fist. 4
knife In the back or 4 Delaying pin
over the coco" serves Its purpose.
generally followed by the hssty de-
scent of the victim into the river.
In the, Mulberry Bend district. how
ever, where the Camorra and the
Mafia strike terror into the hearts Of
the ItalIan-born citizens, there IL an
artistic element that enters into the
execution of q crime. The busy streets
thronged With people will be damned
to capacity when the news Of a shoot
ing or the swift keen message of the
Camorra is discovered. Upon the ar
rival, q the police, no matter how
many people may have witnessed the
actual performance Of the crime. there
can never be found anyone who knows
the least about 1t.
The vengeance Of the secret society
II swift and cruel. Its very mystery
Is more mysterious because you can
never get an Italian to admit any such
organization exists. and II one man II
secured who was seen to commit the
crime the Canorra can ind q dozen
TO swear that the culprit was miles
away at the time Of the shooting.
In Chinatown death also comes
swiftly and silently. but the native
population sneaks for home the min
ute crime Is committed Streets
that minute before were jammed
with Celestiais will empty In an In
slant, and except for slant eyes peep
Ing through closed blinds no Chinese
can be seen 90 seconds after the news
Of murder is flashed BY some mysti-
cal method, through the quarter.
Murder In Chinatown II generally
the vengeance Of tong against a
member Of some rival tong. Chinese,
A. rule, take little personal vengeance
without the backing Of their own par
ticular fraternal order. Their weapons
are the u, 4 49, or native knife.
In some Of the other Oriental Sec
tons Of the city poison Is the means
of removing an obstacle from the
path. Little Information y ever gained
Of the activities Of the Balkan black
legs which frequent certain portions Of
the city. Since the start Of the Euro
pean war there are more crimes Of Bal
kan origin than ever before. for It II
from this class Of cutthrOat that the
"third section" or underground secret
spy system Of several European coun-
tries b recruited.
Uptown, between One Hundred and
Sixteenth and One Hundred and Forti-
eth streets, where the negroes congre-
gate, the favorite weapon Is the razor.
Throughout Harlem the ''gun.nghter"
turks while over in the gas tank re-
gi0n q man comes to his end by the
medium Of the blackjack or = short
piece OF lead pipe.
The Meeker herald., 1918-03-09
-Four and . HAN Ton Mirror.

The Observation-Disclosures reflector for
the Mount Wilson observatory in Cali
fornia, which will be finished early
next year, will be the largest mirror
ever cast. 1t will be 10 inches thick
and will contain, in one solid piece.
AZ tons Of glass; Engineering Rec
ord ".''h t'
The Meeker herald., 1918-03-09
UHsr Cruelty.

'sThe prina ldonna's going to quit !"
exclaimed the music director.
II know It," replied the manager.
coldiy. -she demanded more salary
and I: told her I'd give It II shed use
the difference to take singing lessons."
The Meeker herald., 1918-03-09

"Where Is your wife going this sum.
nerf'
"She's looking around for some
place where none Of the women have
more than two gowns. She has three"
Life tf,
The Meeker herald., 1918-03-09
He Price.

" zee farm hands In Aanchuria are
paid only 10 cents day."
'Ths ideal Why, they can't smoke
more than one cigar . day at that
rate II s.p.cg-vs s.slst' .s-o-'.
The Meeker herald., 1918-03-09

the walls and a deep flush rushed over
his brow. He wanted to hide under
the minute serviette. He rammed the
check into his pocket and tried to look
unconcerned. .N rt'N
He went home that evening, and his
eyes proclaimed the fact that he was
of dreaming again. When he went to
the place where he was wont to fiddle
he grouped his friends about him and
told them tale which dragged them
one and all over to the other restau.
rant on the East side. When they en-
tered with babble Of laughter and
happy with expectation md the Joy Of
new scene, Molly and the manager
drew apart. ,.........
There was something defiant In the
expression Of his eyes that prompted
Molly to seek shelter, for he was max
ing strnightway through the line Of Ia.
bles for her. 'h'
Watrous caught Molly and encircled
her with his arms. In spite OF himself
he trembled. Breathless silence fol-
lowed. The crowd waited. 'fa ..
Watrous looked down Into Molly's
eyes. She cast swift glance around.
blushed charmlngly and Struggled her
head against his shoulder. ''''
The silence was broken by cheers.
Love had met love, md nil was well.
/ (Ccpyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndl ,ate)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
An Advertising Genius
Whistler's Connection With the
Lady Eden Portrait in the
WiIstach Collection

DERHAPS the greatest advertising genius
- of modern times not excepting =. T.
Barnum, was James Mcneil Whistler. He
dyed his hair and allowed long lock in
front to remain light ;colored--it turned
gray as he grow older-in order to attract
attention to himself. His dress was pic
turesque and unusual for the same reason.
He had lot of fantastic quarrels with
his patrons, ascribed sometimes to his er.
ratio temperament, but without doubt de-
liberately arranged by him in order to
provoke discussion in the public prints.
Every one familiar with the history Of
art knows the story of the Peacock Room
which he painted for a London patron.
There was no contract, but 1t was agreed
that Whistler was to do the room for
500 guineas AS the work progressed he
asked a thousand and this price was agreed
on; but when the room was finished the
artist demanded two thousand. The patron
refused to pay 1t and Whistler declined to
accept penny less, and he never received
anything for what is generally admitted
to be the most splendid piece of interior
decoration of modern times. When his
patron refused to pay his price, Whistler
jumped at the Chance 10 get advertising
DIS quickly as a cat jumps at mouse.
He got it.
The purchase for the Wilstach collection
in Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Of
Sargents portrait of Lady Eden has re-
called another instance of Whistler's ad-
vertising genius. Whistler painted a por-
trait of Lady Eden, but when her husband
paid for it he offered pounds instead Of
guineas Whistler insisted on guineas,
and when they were refused he painted
out the faco and inserted the face Of an
other lady. He was sued for the delivery
of the portrait, but he won his suit, and
got more free advertising than he could
have bought for ten times the sum he
failed to collect. The husband Of Lady
Eden then commissioned Sargent to paint
his wife And now wherever the Sargent
portrait goes the story of Whistler goes
with it.
No professional advertising man has
ever put over more successful bit Of
publicity work. The comments which
Whistler made on each occasion when he
"quarreled" with his patrons indicate tn
he understood the value of the discussion
of it in the public prints.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

grievou1 and doubtless fatal mistake to
attempt to force upon the convention any
cut.and.dried program
II we are to have a revision worth
while 1t must be made by elected repre-
sentatives Of all the people-Democrats as
well as Republicans, reformers as we'll as
machnists Socialists, Prohbtlonsts, home
rulers and those who favor control of the
cities from Harrisburg. Then let these
delegates thresh out the issues until they
discover what seems best to the best
judgment of the majority. There Is moth
ing like public debate to clarity the think.
ing Of the participants IL they enter upon
the discussion with desire TO get at the
truth instead of with the desire to carry
a point.
This newspaper sincerely hopes that the
General Assembly will this winter author.
ize the calling of a convention of elected
delegates and will make provision for the
representation of all shades of opinion in
it. Then it will not matter much whether
a commission makes a preliminary draft
of constitution or not. No small group
dstrustful of the wisdom of elected dele
gates can force it's views upon a large
body of elected representatives of the peo-
pie determined to revise their fundamental
law to suit themselves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
PENROSE AS A NATIONAL ISSUE

MTHETHER we like it or not it must be
W admitted that Senator Penrose and the
school Of politics with which he is iden.
titled Is a national issue, likely II grow
more acute as the presidential canvass of
1920 approaches. There Is a little group
of western Senators who have set out to
do their best to prevent the senior Senator
from this State from becoming chairman
OF the Finance Committee in the next Con-
gress. Their opposition is not based on
lack of appreciation of the abilities of
Penrose, but on the memory of what he
and the me-: associated with him did in
1912.
AS the East goes SO goes the nation used
to be the rule, but this was upset in 1916,
when on election night every one thought
that Hughes had been elected. 1t was the
West that elected Wilson. 1t will be the
West that will hold the balance of power
in national elections in t e future. 1t Is
the sentiment of the West that the party
managers must study night and day If
they would avoid the mistakes of the past.
The first task before them is to find out
whether the little group of western Sena.
tors represents the opinion of the States
from which they come or whether they are
merely talking for themselves. One or
two are notorious blatherskites
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

renders in the deliberations. At this
prospect it is easy to be cheaply cynical
and to storm in panicky style at the mere
mention Of the word barter. To behave
in this way is. to ignore the announced
concept of justice, which need not be
inherently compromised at all If it be
given priority in the program" ~
The Congress of Vienna from the out
set threw overheard this essential factor
and it has become byword in disgrace
ful diplomacy. But the Constitutional
Convention which met in Philadelphia in
1887 opened with concert of general
principles, all looking toward the estab-
lishment of order and legitimate freedom
in vast empire which was actually in
those days a world in itself .'r
The nobility of the fathers achieve
ment, high purposed in essentials, is
quite unsmirched by the record of COM
promises whereby riddle of conflicting
issues was solved. Of the three major
ones the most significant and ingenious
was the satisfaction accorded the large
states by basing representation in the
House on population and the concession
to the small commonwealths whereby
each State was equally represented in
the Senate. If this was BARTER" in the
shady sense of that word, the United
States of America has made the most
of it.
With this fruitful lesson in mind it is
perverse skepticism to be alarmed at the
multitude of questions certain to arise
before the Paris peace board. Agree
ment on the main structure has been
reached. They echo in every plaudit
which Mr. Wilson receives as an earnest
that his program" is that of other
statesmen and nations. At once in its
comprehensiveness and its simplicity it is
the only one by which the deliberations
which seek to remake the world can
bring forth results.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
DELIGHTS OF THE UNEXPECTED

A F1FTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl remarked
the other day as she was looking over
the Christmas gifts which she had pre-
pared for her friends II used to wonder
what was going to get for Christmas and
worry about it; but, do you know, have
found out that it is lot more fun to
give presents than to get them?"
There is whole philosophy of life in
this. We have the highest authority for
its soundness. If every person could ac.
cept it as his guide the holiday season
would be happier time. But you hear
women in the shops saying to one an
other: IT have exchanged presents with
Mary every Christmas season for years,
and suppose I must get her something
this year, but do not know what to buy"
This business of exchanging presents"
is the bane Of the existence of those who
engage in 1t. We do not intend to con.
dersn It, for it automatically places itself
IN the dock every holiday season and
awaits sentence. But we would suggest that
d little money be saved from the annual
eift fund TO be used in buying something
for somebody who will not expect 1t and
cannot by any chance return it. Then the
Joy OF giving will tighten the burden of
obligation under which SO many OF us
stagger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
Member of the Associated Press
THE MAYOR IN THE DOCK

IF MAYOR SMITH felt as much humili-
i alton as the city ought to feel today
when he was arraigned even though only
by proxy, on a charge of participation in
election misdemeanors he will have atoned
in a measure for the wrongs charged
against him.
Earlier accusations made against Mayor
Smith, as a result Of the shameless up.
heaval in the Fifth Ward, represented a
frank exaggeration Of blame inspired by
the usual factional spirit of municipal poll
tics. In the present instance, however, the
charge of election law violation is founded
upon the fact that the police. who are
under the Mayors control and responsible
direction, seem to have participated with
deliberation in ballot frauds and tyranny
over voters.
1t may be difficult to prove that the
Mayor was a direct associate in the fla
grant violation Of the laws he Is sworn
to enforce. But this makes little differ
ence. Arrangement in court under a Grim
inal indictment is severe punishment for
any man with a reputation to sustain.
Mr.. Smiths unpleasant fix represents
the price he has to pay for long and plac:l
association In a political system that is
ignorant, backward minded and malevolent.
1t is a system more powerful than any in.
dividuaI The Mayor himselS is, in a sense,
one Of its victims. Retribution doesn't
come to systems 1t visits the individuals
who comprise the systems one by one.
Mr. Smith now holds it's visiting card in
his hand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
4 Skip-Stop Middle
WHY all this fuss and pother,
w Bout the skip.stop plan?

ITTHY all this fuss and pother.
w Bout the skipstop plan?
The public needn't bother ..-
Bout the stip.kop plan.
A fig for nerves ana bosses ......
Amt the cars owned by the bosses:
And they won't stand for losses; 20,
Nit" the skip-stop plan.
What tho some lives are taken
By the skip-stop plan.
And weakened nerves are shaken
By the scop.tip plan.
Sure, the troubles in my eye.
For all are born to die,
And pray just tell me why
Not In the skip-stop plan. "r
80 let the truth be told"
OF the skip-stop plan,
With your nickel pure as gold,
In the stop-skip plan.
Let every car be Grand,
The door of entry slamd,
For the public may be d-d-disregarded
By the skip-stop plan. 'a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

QUIZ

UOlA as'
WI" Mr.. Wilson WI f% IN Farsi 4. greece VINO mas visited
2. Name three noted men all known as DspJsmia
8. Who was Frederick Tennysonf
=. To whst nation do tho Msdeirs Islands be-
5. who was Abraham Lincoln's Secretary u
9. Whist kind Of sxpIo.iys 10 called ''DosIey'' In
American, army sangf
I. What 10 the singular Of tho word kline?
o. what Is "fete-champetre"?
0. What article Of clothing Is called o reeferf
10. From what state, never heretofore repre-
ssasss doss t shs Sass De-
Answers 10 Yesterdays Quiz
1. Lisboa is the Portasuese name Tor Lisbsa.
tended to January ~. -
fourteenth centuries. III: dates are iiSS-
a. HAL. Hall. the Ganss All Here" Il ssns. =
s'.SsGs. f,is"d:: Wig slsy tSS "a, fSss
was the composer.
s. Benedict spinoza was noted philYsspksr, =
nsss. nat,se sw q A1ssrdsE s dsss. ass ses fessa
g. S.s cut. Haven Is the largest city Ia c'-s'ssi'
!. A shar-s.bs1e 4 : long vehicle with nany
3. Thirty q The vetinx ae< fss EnslisH wsssen-
O. yclspt II aa krchais Nesd ueaniue ea<fei-
~ s~ylstss 4 AN naethA 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

The All Childrsu's
This Funny World! Soviet has been termed
in Berlin. Several
hundred boys and girls about the age Of
fourteen paraded In Berlin, demanded the
vote and threatened the governmental Of
fcers with calamity unless the Ministry were
Boshevized. Kultur seems to have gone
pretty deep in Germany. Now we await the
revolution Of the babes In arms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

Automatic dishwash-
Patience, Patience! ers. table that waits
e on itself. mechanical
contraption that does the work of the bus boy
and a face-drying machine which eliminates
the need for towels are among the marveIs
on display at an exposition of hotel ap-
pliances in New York. Now who will invent
an automatic handshaker for the lobby and a
motored bell hop and make. life like unto
heaven itself? D..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

proclamation issued
Let 1t Pass' yesterday by Governor
Brumb aug to an
nounce the election of Alexander Simpson,
Jr., and John w. Kephart to the Supreme
Court and of William ID. Porter to the supe-
rior Court was the seyenty-third Of the Brum-
baugh relgps And yet we cannot remember
= word Of the othesei
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

This is the season when mans wife
buys cigars and neckties for him, and. as Mr..
Dooley sagely remarked. he does not care
which he smokes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

The President is said to be laying the
foundation for world peace The next thing
In order will be a good cld-fashioned raising
bee. Joined in by all the neighbors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

II the Argentine minister, who Is now the
only foreign legate left in the Russian capt.
tai, should consider writing Diplomatic Life
in Petrograd," that singular work would be
in the nature Of an autobiography
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

The Kaiser's friends are now saying that
he did not know he had abdicated until he
got the news from Berlin. There seems to
pc = conspiracy on foot % prove that he was
bigger fool than his enemies h4d charged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
Perhaps

Are we to live to see
Perhaps the day when the one
time Kaiser Of Ger
many will have to hire an airplane and q pilot
and circle enAlessiy above the earth that'
will not grant him even standing room?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

The cold which Mr.. Wilson took with him
to France seems to have been altogether over
whelmed in his warm reception there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
<Ye es

The Board of Health
. Yes met yesterday to dis
cuss means to prevent
the return of influenza" Have you ever
noticed that boards of health everywhere al
ways meet to prevent the return of a disease
after II has returned? s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

Now that armed strife has ceased, tho
true war risk Is experienced BY thoss who
hars dealings With 'hs tursau q sAHt name
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

The "Red" cross in Germany is of a sort
which the Ebert "moderates" are finding ex-
csedinKly hard to bear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

A jewel of an army in Rhinestone set
ting is the best of all Christmas presents for
Uncle Sam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

With all his hundreds of uniforms left
behind, the exKaiser is suited to no role
save that which he now ingloriously fills
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
What England Has Done

A Philadelphian Whose stepdau1hter
has married an Englishmdn and has been
fUing in England for years., torote her
aoith the purpose of quissing her; that he
thought Most Of the people on her side
realised that had it not been for the Ameri.
eau troops and their quality ana number
sent to France 1t toould have been impos-
sible for Foch to haze accomplished 1ohat
he did The aoomdn seemed to think that
her stepfdther 'Uas .belitting the pork of
the English, and she replied. In the course
OF her letter, toritten on November s, she
makes the tollotoing interesting remarks:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

REVISION MUST BE IN THE OPEN
VXTHATEvER may be the purpose of the
tv men wpp are suggesting that com.
noission a ty or twenty-fiv repre-
1onfatise - unuhrS 62udrafs q revised
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

large families are delight to fond
~ parents, when all goes well. sUncls
5oe lNofdnsy, o Michigan, W. telling
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

With the unifyfng principle estab-
Iished II is possible to conceive Of vast
amount ofsuid pro quo claims and sur
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
/ Filler Dead, l Badly
Hurt as PLANES Collide

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 29-Cadet
George G. Kelar, Of Peoria, ILL.,, was
instantly killed and George c. Hender-
son, of Arlington, Mass, seriously in
jured when their airplanes collded to-
day at Kelly Field here.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
20 Bandits Killed
By u. S. Marines in
San Domingo Fight
Three Americans Hurt in
Series of Encounters:
Prisoners Taken

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Three on.
counters between United States ma
r!nes and Dominican and Haytian ban
dts into Santo Domingo were reporte Il
IN dispatches to the Navy DEPARTING nj
to-day.
Casualties among the marines were
one corporal and two privates slightly
wounded. One Dominican guard Of.
ticer was also wounded. About twenty
bandits were killed, several wounoed
and others captured.
The statement given out by the NAVY
Department says:
"Dispatches received from Santo Do
mlngo state that a detachment of
united States marines, Captain Char
les r.. Merkel, commanding. encoun-
tered bandits led by Racomon Quiara
near Vlcentillo Province. A corporal
one Dominican guard, an officer and
one enlisted man were slightly
wounded. Ten bandits were KILLED
and several wounded. The bandits
who are Domincans and Haytians
split up into small bands.
Bandits. led by Natara, attacked Co
lonia Digola Compania, near Santa Fe
Province Of Macoris, and wrecke d
stores. Natara was wounded by a local
police officer, who was wounded and
died. The bandits left, but later were
reinforced.
"On July 23, our troops encountered
bandits at Magarin, Province of Seibo
killed and wounded several and cap
turcd fifty horses. There were no cas-.
ualties in our forces.
detachment of marines at Cato
Province of Seibo, were attacked by
thirty bandits. A sentry was slightly
wounded. The bandits lost four killed ,