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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
MAIN LINE CITIZENS
THREATEN SPEEDERS
Will Take Law Into Own
Hands Unless Menace Is
Ended, They Say

Citizens of the Main Line are up in
arms" against automobile speeding and
reckless driving. and are today threat
ening to take the law into their own
hands If something is not done to end
the menace.
This movement follows the death Of
eight-year-old Margaret Van Eeeck, the
daughter Of T. W. Van Keeck, of Mont
gomery Inn, Bryn Mawr. The little girl.
who is a niece of Mrs. Arthur G.. Dick
son and Captain n. j. Blackwood. was
struck by an automobile on Saturday
and almost instantly killed,
William Henry Scott, of st. Davids,
who was passing at the time of the
accident, testified that Margaret was
riding on a bicycle on a sidewalk on
the inn grounds when she was struck
by an automobile driven by Charles
Wood, proprietor Of Montgomery Inn
and Of the Waynewood at Wayne. JUS
tice of the Peace Richard Lewis held
Wood under $4,000 bail for Il con-
.tinued hearing on Thursday
Mr. Van KecCk has been active i'm the
past in attempting TO curb the speed
menace along the Main Line. He has
now expressed determination to start
an organized movement toward this end
If no other means are effective, threats
are being made by the citizens to take
matters into their own hands,
There has been a haf-hCartcd at.
tempt to stop speeding" one man said
today However, the number of aCci.
dents and deaths on Main Line roads
continue. This has to be stopped. II
the officials cannot stop it, other means
will have to be found
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
REGISTRATION IS URGED
AS POLITICS CLEANSER
Walter George Smith Appeals
to Voters to Redeem City
From Thralldom"

Walter George Smith, candidate for
Register Of Wills on the Town Meeting
party ticket last fall, has issued a public
appeal urging citizens TO register for the
coming primary election and asserting
that this is the only way for the people
Of the city to get good municipal gov
ernment
There is but one registration day this
year, and Independent political leaders
are making a determined effort to pre-
vent voters from making the error Of
failing to register. The day set for
spring registration is April Il, week
from tomorrow All voters must be reg
istered to vote at the primary election
May 81.
Mr.. Smiths appeal is as follows:
THE fact that at the last election
$4,000 citizens failed TO register ox.
plains why so many unfortunate condi-
tions exist in our municipal administra-
ton Professional politicians are thor
oughly organized and although they rep
resent comparatively small number of
voters in themselves, their industry and
compact organization has enabled them
year after year to defeat the popular
will
our election laws are complicated
the blanket ballot is difficult to under
stand, the contest of doubtful elections
under existing law is practically i'm
possible. Under these circumstances thC
only hope for well-ordered government
by the people lies in the masses OF
taxpayers registering and voting.
The last municipal election, al
though there was but a short while foI
the Town Meeting organization to make
it's plans and arouse the voters, was SC
close on the final returns as to make il
a moral victory for reform. The power
of the organization was shaken to its
foundations.
"A little courage, little energy, the
performance of obvious duty on the part
of the average citizen, and our Philadel.
phia will be redeemed from its present
thraldom"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
POLICE HUNT SLASHER
OFLBERTY LOAN SIGN
Supposed German Vanishes
After Mutilating List of
Auto Company Subscribers

The police are today investigating
what is said to be the first attempt of
German propaganda to hinder the third
Liberty Loan. They are looking for
Walter CDutchD Hilstrand, of 1905
Vine street.
Histrand was employed by w. u.
Noldsworth & Co, sign painters. 1876
North Thirteenth street. lie is accused
OF having slashcd a Liberty Loan sign
being erected on the front Of the build
inE of the Philadelphia Auto Trade As
sociation, Broad and Callowhill streets
He and four other men were placiu,
this sign, which was built in section.
Without warming, Hils;rand pulled a
knife from his pocket and slashcd The
sign, according to witnesses.
II. Alabama, one OF the worllmen at
tackled IIilstrand with club Hill
strand made his escape and has not re-
turned to his boarding house on Vine
street, the police say.
The sign destroyed gave the sub
scriptions Of number Of automobile
houses These are as follows:
Cadillac Automobile Sales Corpora
ton. $4,000; Overland-Harper Com
pany, 10000; Foss-Hughes Company,
100000; J. II. Mccullough q Son, S1O,-
goo; Philadelphia Auto Trade ASsocia-
ton, $4,000; Keiscr & Co., $4,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
GRAND ARMY MEN MARK
DATE OF LEE SURRENDER
Close Of Civil War Fifty-three Years
Ago Commemorated by Survivors

FiiY-three years ago today. under a
gfeadng apple tree at AppomattoX
go1t House, General Lee surrendered
ieGeneral Grant, making the close of
ue greatest war ever fought on the
rstern hemtsphere-and victory for the
Union armies.
Although the city of Richmond had
hsn q week before, it was not until
epn that Lee handed his sword to
want and the magnanimous Union gem
asl eourteously allowed the leader of
lost cause" to retain his side arm,
vsnerai Johnson did not surrender to
s.nenl sherman until April 81, and
~ae sui remained two armies in the
~ But Taylor surrendered all OF the
\ ,slcsSoefate cSlefate troops east of the Mississippi
F,'s y Ssney on May 4, and on Nav 26 IL.
a@Hsgy-smlth n surrendered the troops west
y ~ Se river to the same officers. But
NJ N, , ue meeting under the apple tree
~ war was over.
vlii Tanu an Army posts throughout this citv
A.. ~ IsrE Appomattox Day with camp-
sn,v,I ny y thelr post rooms tonight when
Vii ilIl'ns sa veterans of the great conflict
,est.S SSeSOant S,,n Interesting anecdotes con-
'S WIN the surrender.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
.hEFS HOTLY PURSUE
WHEATLBSS PIE CRUST
'S ieS'ed to Produce Perfect Pas
Try After Hotel Flour
Decision

IN a0sel y. Chefs chefs here, who have a reputa-
kslas toSns Shnsenulty, are exercising their
mpIoysrS over the decision Of their
Nh lcll'isrs SStl 70 Danish wheat flour from
~ Asehens and dining tables
an y Riioolem is to produce a piecrust
l9 vii Tiu contain nc bit of wheat hut
pIecrrst. .Ook ike a piecrust, taste like
nsry StSs s, ana have the consistency and
DocruSt sr IT. quality of a good pre-war
y StsSs Inc reputation Of the chefs is
k,es y and they have promised them
lAey S'ss sss t the problem will be solved.
lon ssys %e probability of having 10 aban-
isctoSHs.s Sssetal Of the dainty pastry con-
lsss ana mat depend on their white
u wbIeS srlspness for their effect and
based. 'oi'e OF some Of the chefs
~ % yestsrd. ou'lmporte?" said one Of
Ana Savussy C'est la guerre."
fsyl" 0 you banished wheat en-
nslg9 s9 to the thickening of the
y managers bore this out
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
BEER DRINKERS "TAX"
LEVIED BY BREWERS
Price Will Go Up to Raise
"Slush" Fund for "Wet"
State Fight

Every beer drinker in ;hc state will
be taxed" to help elect wet" candi-
dates to the Legislature, pledged to vote
against the national prohibition amend.
mcnt.
Pennsylvania brewers have agreed ~
Increase the price Of beer from SO to
$l2 a barrel to the dealers. The "ovcr
the bar" price is due to soon take an
upward leap here and in all other Sec
tions of Pennsylvania. Some saloon
keepers have already cut down the size
of their beer glasses.
This additional revenue, which will
amount to thousands of dollars, will be
used, it is said. to create a "slush" fund
for the brewers, with which they plan
to make a strong fight against the
threatened dry" wave chat is spreading
to all parts of the country. They hop,
to save Pennsylvania for the wet
column.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
Tamaaue Veteran Dies

Tamaqua. Pa. April 9.-Lewis Geiger.
seventy-eight years old. who served
throughout the Civil War and who al
most starved in Andersonville Prison,
is dead here after a lingering illness,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09

6INWOOD DELAY
ENDED THIS WEEK
uurley to Visit Shipments
Home Sites
Thursday
,pOBE FOR ALL ANGLES
,,,0nipg Board Housing offl-
'.iss .isls Will Take UP Hog Is
land transportation
,0oRE FOR ALL ANGLES

,.so,,s decision regarding 'ons.IuT 1..,u,,,
Dshn''s 1000 homes in the Fortieth
n'n o. house Hog Island shipyard
FI' /, expected to be made tn's
s0'A chairman f. n. Hurley anu anu
vssk nis of the shipping board
ahr oI tour Of the section lhurs-
pIll make following which, 1t Is be-
iy Afternoon, ...,,i announce plans for the
v'Is 1rssent the housing project ,,s Is
AZ prllv In allegiance, que " lne
hinpO,Sa hia. submitted by several con
hfn u'' Rear Admiral Bowles; manag- nag.
uarioIs - of the Emergency Fleet Cor.
Nc dlre0'Vu, uouever. has taken the stand
plsucn' norl should not be held up
hh ". what the cost. and II is
70 mSe"' axnected that the shipping
nsr,lV'es socIsion will be favorable 10
s0aFa Os,ruction Of the homes. .
pIy oO ,hs inspection the problem or
slnS the workers is TO De Vieweu
nss'hs a,srv angle. Present housing Ia
BON s'v ',vrsnsnortation and the contracts
cuu'sS S.vs already been let are to be
ins 80 thoroughly. Especial study
pne nv o,ven to transportation be-
vM ~. city and Hog Island by u.
W.. ~r @ head Of the shipping board
,s,snortation division
u.lspD aSlI.n,an Hurley and his associates
-S devote attention also TO tne Iecre-
..1.,si facilities to be provided TOT ine
I'.Ssrs .Is and their families, and on tnis
',nss will depend to a great extent the
nn.i .rding os TO the plan announced to-
~ Marty will leave Washington TO-
sa., ...,v night and make survey OF con-
ng.h g.Sh IN Camden Thursday morning.
suO%, s,ndrad houses have been erected
vne snd mans have been submitted for
w 'nstr,ction of approximately 1000
In the afternoon the party Will
~ ~ 20 this city. Conferences VIII De
W w ,rith Rear Admiral Bowles ana
~ ~, IN charge Of construction work at
wv gne leland but the inspection of the
.,nt Is expected to be a secondary iea-
~. 10 consideration of the housing
poblem A.. ,ous,,, =,
,,isior NJ the Department of Labor
M will be a member of the Hurley
.,v will investigate on his own ac-
ami conditions in Philadelphia and
uroundlng territory as concerns mv-
,Hon workers and others employed on
Government work.
oHcIals Of the shipping board con-
,nus 10 express the opinion that much
!, the difficulty at Hog Island could be
,emedIed through the further improve
men, Of transportation facilities and
they believed that in this way an end
could be put to the existing differences
between Government officials and local
@ntractors.
Among the officials of the shipping
board who are expected to make the
trp are E. N. Hurley, chairman of the
United States shipping board; Charles
A. Piez, general manager of the Emer-
ssncy Fleet Corporation; j. Rogers
Fannery, director Of housing for the
Emergency Fleet Corporation; Otto NJ
I Edlits, director of housing for the De-
psrtment Of Labor; E. r. Taylor, trans.
eartatlon director, and NJ. A. Brainard
rchltect-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
LIVING COST DOUBLES
SINCE CENTURY BEGAN
Statistics Show Food Bill as Much
Today as Entire Family Ex-
pense in 1900

Washington. April Q. --- The average
American family spends as much today
for food alone as it did In 1900 TO main
tain the entire household.
The cost Of living has grown double
since the beginning of the century, ac-
cordlng to report issued today by
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
The average cost OF household MAIN
t1nance in 1900 was S769. During 1917
tho cost for the same commodities was
S1401. 49,
Food alone in 1917 costs only $50
less than all items combined In 1900.
when S327 represented the expenditure
fo~ food In the average working mans
family
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09

Naaman N. Ployd. an old resident of
Germantown, died after a lingering ill
ness at his home, 6337 Baynton street
MIR Ployd was a member of the 119th
Regiment of the Pennsylvania Nolun-
teers of the Civil War. He was vice
commander of Ellis Post, No. 6, and Il
Drominent Mason. He was a lifelong
resident of Germantown. having been
born on East Haines street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
4lAH FROM RED CROSS UNIT
.u OF Friends Informed of De-
'OuOn Shown by Workers

" b,sa OIk, April 9.--A cable message
IN received from Charles Evans
IN ~ The bureau of Friends
fnhes ,ne American Red Cross in
tk hftv vnnouneing the safety of the
" rerion members Of which were In
'lncour," VI me great battle OF Ham
N crer,, Esmery-Hallons, Golancourt
80 fesS' On the Somme. The mes.
~ deldsu un,t my safe. Redistribution of
NQlion sbn,.l ol work going on. Unusual
slers q ffVMn ~ ny both men and women
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
~ Samden Shoemaker Dead

- snss..W winter. for a number of
a Al 49, s5s IN the shoemaking busi-
n Is desa North Third street, Cam
'el, Of bsast az his home, AIS Pearl
nlldent os disease. He had been
~ years camden for more than
board of 1isa ~ served as member OF
IN IN lss9 9Hoqeation from the First
1le I.odvs he was a member of
Epcslne,n oI Masons and Philadel.
'|Is Be B,''ient. No. 2. Knights Hos
w deash y survived by three sons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
Come Across-Or Kaiser
VII; Buy Liberty Bonds

The United States Government
is working on a super-gun believed
to be far more destructive than
the one the Germans used in she'll
ing Paris.
The United States Government
is selling bonds Of the third Liberty
Loan.
Buy one now, that heavy ord.
nance may be turned out, and pre-
vent the German big guns doing
in America what they are doing in
France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09

Lancaster, Pa. April "a stand Of
American, British and French flags has
been stolen from the entrance to the
rooms of Frederick J. Fredcrcks, who is
in charge of the BritiSh-Canadian re-
cruiting station. The vandals also
partly destroyed his official card on the
door. The police authorities are after
the offender
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-29
CITY NO LONGER
WITHOUT POWER;
BREAK REPAIRED
Light Plants Steam Equip
ment Now Running Almost
at Full Capacity-0ne Ex-
pIoSion Victim Dead. ,

No more reading the newspaper by
dim candlelight; no more hoofins II 70
work up 19 stories OF stairs no more
gropinR our way dawn the street n a
Is blocked, somehow or other" by tee
phone posts, fences and c~urbings-lo
the electric current which was cut OIL
when the big steam pipe burst at the
power plant Monday morning mas peel
restored. A..
Enough circuits were added to the
turbines Monday night at 10 O'Clock 10
insure the entire city they could nave
an electric light to cook breakfast by
and not mistake the salt for the sugar
nor the syrup bottle for the one with
oil. And by Tuesday at nighttall the
| DAYS OF Golden times" which were
| brought to us face to face MONDAY
| night, will again become remembrance;
Manager &. 3. Turner ANNOUNCED
Tuesday that eight boilers were Pat oneo
| ating enough stea INTO turn two of the
iargs turbines. BY proper distribution,
| these turbines furnished an emergency
| current for the whole city. a current oI
1880 kilowatts is furnished by these
| two turbines,
| several yards from the main aperture
viii keep the other three boilers idle
until night. A ne wsection OF pipe VIII
have to be installed, n although there
IL a chance, according TO turner, that
the current may have to be turned off
while SO doing, he is Of the opinion It
can be managed without cutting II, OF.
BY nishtfall every n OF the II boil
ers will be operating, and the effects
OF the loss Of power reduced to nil. A
large corps OF mechanics and laborers
worked from the time Of the explosion
until midnight Tuesday in repairing the
break:
Silas Liston, negro fireman, residing
on Capitol avenue, succumbed late Mon
day afternoon at the General hospital
to scalds on his head, shoulders and
body. Three other negro firemen who
were scalded are recovering, Engineer
r, A, Crockett. who received a severe
bruis on his LET frem a flying brick.
was scarcely inconvenience by the in
jury. -
The only casualty outside of employees
OF the power plant was that OF Mrs,
John Barrett, 60 years old, residing IN
HOLLYWOOD, who fell down a flight OF
steps in an uptown building. She sui
fered a wrenched back, injuries to her
neck and head. She is being attended
by DR.. A. p. Bush.
Although 1t was ANNOUNCED that there
would be no home lights Monday night,
one OF two circuits were on at 3 o'Clock
Monday afternoon. More circuits were
put on at 6 o'clock and still more at
6:45. From then on, as more boilers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-29
British Plans Overheard.

Overhead a great fleet Of British air.
planes swirled like so many silver birds.
Long before the ceremony began at
1890 O'Clock the square was crowded
with people and the streets through
which the troops were to march were
densely lined. As Gen. Birdwood rode
into the city at the head of his troops
the crowds broke loose in a tremendous
ovation. The members of the British
staff we're showered with bouquets
along the route. and upon entering the
square were thoroughly smothered by
the avalanche of roses thrown by WON.
Ell spectators.
The mayor, with Project Aregnier OF
the department Of the north. munich
pal officials. the bishop of Lille and
other ectlesiastics greeted the British
forces. The : mem were all veterans,
Their uniforms showed the marks OF
bitter fighting, but their emblerns and
buttons shone in the sun like gold.
They were loaded down with floral
gifts.
Mayor Delasallo. in moving address,
voiced fervent thanks for the city's
deliverancs and then presented the
Fifth army, through Gen. BirdWnod.
with the crimson flag of Lille,
Cheers followed the British COM
mander and his troops as they rode
out of the city with bands n bag
pipers playing.
Toward the end of the celebration
a German airplane appeared east Of
the city and was Immediately sur
rounded with bursting shrapnel. II
arou~ed only the curiosity of the peo-
pie in the city, who fervently prayed
that the aviator woald see what was
going on and report it to his com
mander.
The trains are now running between
Lille and Paris and a newspaper Is
being published for the first time since
the German occupation,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-29
COURT GIVES NEGRESS
$500 FOR MANS DEATH

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct, 30. (Spl)
The supreme court yesterday al
firmed a 81 500 verdict awarded Paddle
Barfield, a negro woman, Newport, and
500 awarded for her husbands
death, against S. Heinnemann. a New
port grocer.
1t was charged that Heinnemann sold
the woman's husband a sack of flour
containing arsenic poisoning, Several
persons who ate biscuits made from
the flour were seriously i'll or died,
II was presumed that some person
had put the arsenic into the flour to
Kill rats or mice, az none was found
except In that part OF the flour In the
ton of the sack.
The court yesterday dismissed, upon
motion of the attorney-general, the
appeal of Willie Hooper, OF Jefferson
county,
In another case. the court held that
a contract by n county demonstration
agent must be signed by the county
Judge to be valid. The case was ap-
pealed from White county,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-29
WOmen's Satisfactorily New Models

were added to the repaired pipe, the
different circuits were put on IN dh-
ferent sections of the city. Only one
or two were still off at daylight Tues
day.
Main street resemhled a lonely coun-
try road, so far as lights were con
cerned. The white Way" all electric
signs and small electric globes we're
dark and the dense gloom was pierced
here and there only by occasional dinl
CLEANS that issued through a window
| from a candle or lantern. Drug stores
and restaurants burned hundreds OF
candles. All power business was at a
standstill.
There are practically no oil lamps,
lanterns, electric flashlights or andes
to be found In stores Tuesday. Candies,
which formerly sold at three for 1--WE
| cents, rose in a few minutes to two Tor
five cents and III one instance TO SIX ior
rs cents.
Elevators in some Of the larger build
ings were operating by b o'clock Mon
day afternoon In a majority or the
buildings, however. hundreds or men
and women wended their way s.owny
down winding stairsteps, sometimes TOT
IS stories. before good, old terra nrma
was reached. Many refused to mount
the is or Is flights Monday morning
and remained at home al day.
In the Exchange building Monday
morning, q Crlppleu Hdn was l"pUi 'he
UP the steps to the fifteenth floor
| About exhausted from his climb Of sew.
| eral stories, he stopped at one flight
| and inquired: Say. what floor-iar-
this?' When told it was the seventh,
he turned and %escended: In another
| place a demure young miss got to her
| work when she dared a man companion
| to carry her up. He didn't accept.
Two ladies who walked up IL stories
| OF the Central State National bank
| building, spent the day In a physicians
office, They did not come down until
after dark.
Thousands Of Memphians went to bed
by candle light an hour earlier than
usual. Many a slip was caused when
a pedestrian unconsciously stepped off
a curbing. And to top II all Of, there
was no one who could rlghteously eN"
claim: 'D-n the kaiser!'
Among the plants in the city who
we're unaffected by the loss Of power
were the three leading hotels, the Y. NJ.
:. A.. a few railroad shops, q few mills,
the street car company and the Cum
| berland Telephone company. All Of
them madA their W power, although
Secretary =. NJ, Jackson, OF the "Y,"
used a motor attachment.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-29
Tap Trolley Wire.

Then II was that T. II. Tutwiler.
president Of the Memphis street rail-
way company, and Henry r. Colby, To-
cal manager for the Delco Light com
pany, came to the rescue. When the
suggestion was made to Mr.. Tutwiler
that power for the auxiliary press mo-
tor could be derived from the trolley
wire opposite The Scimitar building on
Third street, he readily acuuiesced.
What Ia more he personally saw to II
that a connection between the trolley
and the press motor was effected and
IS minutes after he had been a%cquaint-
ed with the state OF affairs the motor
was running.
Meanwhile, upstairs, Colby and Shaler
and a crew Of mechanics were install
ing n DelcO lighting outfit for Connec-
tt@r with n linotype machine. In less
inc than 1t takes to tell 1t the
generating outfit was purring its ex-
haust out Of a window and the brass
matriX was clicking in the machine
magazine, This papers reputation for
service was sustained. first through tho
medium of the Washington hand press
then through y regular" edition. Lack
Of sufficient power was all that pre-
public was satisfied, News Scinitar or
ganization had saved the day. The pub
lie had been given the news. all the
big news of the day. exclusively, by
this paper, thanks to the street car
company and the Delco light company.
To-day the old Washington press ~
resting. Its r~ust-corroded legs and
stiff hinges are silent, but there is an
air Of reverence about the old machine
that was never there before.
It's a great life II you don't weaken.