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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

Eggs were rolled in Washington on
Easter Monday. The logs waited for Con
gress to assemble.
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Perhaps It 10 Dishwashlng

Rutgers College has now abolished Greek
as a requirement for the degree of A. b.
Almost all the colleges are doing it.. But
what are they substituting for Greek that is
''just as good New York World.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
/. ''The Expounder of the Constitution"
was Daniel Webster.
2. The Mammoth Cave is in Kentucky.
3. Brigadier Wilds r. Richardson has just
taken command of the United States
forces in northern Russia, with head
quarters at Archangel.
4. "The lions share" the biggest portion
in a division. From one of Aesop's
fables.
5. The "Marseilaise' is the national an
them of France.
G. Walker ID. Hines in the director gem
eral of the United States railroad
administration.
7. Letvia: A new republic based on one OF
the former Baltic provinces of Russia.
The natives are called Let's.
8. The fifty first Psalm is known as the
''Miserere" from the opening word.
o. Washington is buried at Mount Vernon.
on the Potomac.
10. Mollie Maguires A secret society ia the
Pennsylvania mining regions. which
was charged With many crimes. II
VA lroken w . generation sgo~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

Speaking of Bolsheyism isn't there
something a bit fantastic about a people
who beg bread one minute and defy the
world the next?
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HOW QUAY PASSED THE
PITTSBURGH RIPPER LAW
He Secured Control Of a Hostile Leals-
Iature and Then Used II to
Punish His Enemies

TNHE famous Pittsburgh ripper law Of
- 1901 got its name from n remark Of
Senator Quay. While talking about the law
in its preliminary stages he said. with a
grim smile:
'It will rip Finn up the back
That was its purpose. II was a deliberate
and prcmeditntcd attack by Senator Quay
upon the political control of Pittsburgh by
Senators Finn and Magee and an attempt
TO transfer the control of the city to the
friends of Quay.
Quay had failed of ,re- election to the
United States Senate at the session Of the
Legislature in 1890. The deadlock con
tinucd till the close of the legislative ses-
sion. 1t was impossible for him to break
1t. But as soon as the Legislature ad-
iourncd Governor Stone appointed Quay to
the Senate.
The Senate. however. after hearing argu-
mcnts on both sides of the case decided that
the Governor had no constitutional power
to appoint Quay. The Governor could ey-
cr"ise the power Of appointment when
vacancy occurred during the recess of the
Legislature. but when the Legislature had
had an opportunity TO elect a senator and
had failed to elect ono it must be assumed
that the state deliberately preferred TO
Ieav" the vacancy untitled. The Senate
therefore refused to scat Quay.
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V V V
Desk Notices

The woman one enjoys meeting must be
something of woman of the world. She
need not necessarily be a good wife or
mother. We are provided with the best of
wives and at the moment are not on the
lookout for good mother.-"The Amenities
of Book C0lleciing."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

One may agree with
the sense and purpose
of DIR. Iightner Wit
mor'S criticism of the
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A London suburb re-
Where Local ports that one of it's
Pride Rules citizens had his hair
cut by lightning. If
Kansas it would have included at least
shave and a shampoo.
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V V V

After watching the small boys clustered
about the captured German guns on Broad
street we realized why Americans make good
hghters. Those guns hadn't been on the
street fifteen minutes before urcbins wore
gathering from all directions, drawn bv nm
erring instinct. They swarmed over tho
iieldpieces, and after a few moments in
spection they had learned how to operste
the breech blocks, raise or lower the barrel
and knew the function of every lever that
was still IN commission On one gun we
stopped 10 look at yesterday morning four
small boys had organized themselves into a
crew and were going through what thev
imagined as the appropriate gestures of
loading, aiming and firing at a kaiser sta
toned somewhere near the rubbish can at
the midpoint of the Broad and Chestnut
crossing. They were very professional in
their movements and took great pride in
exhibiting their team work to passcrsby
w
We brooded philosophicaly over the first
gun we came to. Here 1--WE thought with
somber satisfaction stood the hated prus
sian officer, commanding his piece to fire
upon some defenseess French hamlet
Upon this lever rested the calloused and
bloody hand of boche artiIleryman. now
perhaps hoping to get back his old iob as
waiter in a New York hotel Through
this rihed barrel sped the screaming hell
bolts of Bertha Krupp. We opened the
breech and gazed grimly through the shin
ing tube. This very handle, we said to
ourself, has been worn bright by the
ensanguined hands of a desperate and pitiless
foe, aiming the deadly weapon against the
advancing ranks of our own brave men.
We examined the muzzle and found ON IL
the words "Watervliet Arsenal, 1S9S." II
was an American gun.
WV
The German guns seem to be OF q much
more recent date One, we found, was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

WHEN the date for consideration of the
w bill on second reading approached Ouav
himself went to Harrisburg to line nm his
forces. He succeeded so well that the hill
was passed on second reading on February
- by the House and was sent to the Gov
crnor on February 2S. The Governor
signed it on March Z. and on the same dav
appointed the mayor of Scranton as tho
first recorder of that city, thereby extend-
ing the term OF that official for wear This
appointment had been made in order that
state OF, facts could be created on which
the courts could be asked to consider the
constltutionality of the new law Within
ten days Presiding Judge Archibald of tho
county court, declared the law constitutionoI
and in May the Supreme Court sustained
his decision.
Tn THE meantime Governor Stone an
pointed Major A. NJ. Brown n reputa hIa
and successful business man, as recorder of
Pittsburgh. Every one was surprised at the
character of the appointment. But Major
Brown did what was expected of bim-be
turned the government of the city over to
the opponents of Finn. But before many
months Major Brown split with the Ouay
machine and he was removed by the Gov
ernor after thc November election and J, O.
Brown, fllhn man, was named as his
successor. Thus twice within a wear tbe
chief executive officer of the second largest
city in the state was named by the Cover,
nor, in fagrant disregard of every princin,c
of home rule and merely to serve the mr.,
poses of the political boss of the state, The
city was made plaything of factional pol.
tics.
The scandal was so great that IL nj
tracted the attention of the whole country
and to this day legislation like that passed
at the order of Quay is called ripper Iegis
lation, in whatever state it is proposed.
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Life would be wonder
BE Glad You full, wouldn't it, if we
Can't could all borrow as
easily as our Uncle
GnnnlInln
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IIhflS Dill, which became n law, was intro
l. duced on January 21 by Senator MuehI-
bronncr. of Allegheny, six days after QUAY
was elected to the Senate. 1t provided a
charter for the second class cities of the
state, namely, Pittsburgh. Allegheny and
Scranton, because it had to be drawn in
such form in order to be constitutional.
Its important provision was grant of
power to the Governor of the state to re-
move the mayors of these cities forthwith
and to appoint in their place recorders who
should perform the duties of mayor and
hold office, not until the next election. but
until April of 1903, or for two years. The
recorder was to have power to remove virtu-
ally all heads of departments and all no.
litical appointecs and to fill the vacancies
with men of his own selection Its purpose
was to bring about the removal of a Finn
mayor of Pittsburgh and to put in his place
Quay mayor. who would through his an
pointees use the police and the political ma
chinery for the benefit of the QUAY ma
chine. There was lot of talk about boss
control in Pittsburgh and about the uusat
isfactory conditions prevailing in the citv
government. but it was admitted on all
hands that it was not reform which the bill
sought, but merely change of political con
troll.
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VICTORY number two

NlNloh1 number two came when on
January Il, 1901. Quay was elected to
the Senate on the first ballot with vote
of lO4 in the House and 2G in the Senate.
Nashburne, who voted with the Quay forces
in organizing the Senate, still voted with
them. In the House seven Republcans
who had pledged themselves to oppose the
election of Quay voted for him. and one
Democrat was found willing to assist in
the betrayal of the people who had voted
for him.
Now the question for Quay to consider
was what was to be done to punish the
men who had kept him out of the Senate
Tor two years and had caused him the
humiliation of going to Washington with
credentials which the Senate refused TO
recognize. The answer was found in the
Pittsburgh ripper BILL which, as already
indicated, Quay said would rip Finn up the
back.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

THE chief issue in the election of 1900 be-
= came the Endorsement of Quay. as he was
still candidate for the United States SEN
ate. Tho voters turned him down. The
stat" Senate was tic, evenly divided be-
tween the Quay supporters and opponents
The House. with POI members, contained
forty nine Democrats. who were. of course
counted in tho opposition. and fifty six Re
publirans. who before their election had
signed pledge that they would not vote for
Quay under any circumstances. This made
100 hostile votes.
AS soon as the ballots were counted
Quay and his licutcnants got busy, with the
determination of securing the support of
enough votes to organizc the Legislature
and later to send Quay himself to Wash
ington again as senator. They persuaded
Senator Washburne. who had been elected
ns ii Popust and Democrat to vote with
tn" Quay forces in organizing the Senate,
and with the nid Of McTighc elected as an
anti Quay candidate. backed up by that of
hve Democrats they organized the House.
This was victory number one for political
manipulation to defeat the will Of the peo-
pie.
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What Do You Kn0,U?
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. How many persons have abdicated or
have been dethroned as result of the
German revolution?
.. In what year was the Panama Canal
opened for traffic?
3. What is a helix?
4. Who wrote "NIoll Flanders?
5. What is the predominant religion in
India?
@. What language employs question marks
both before and after written or print
ed interrogative sentences?
7. In. what century did the painter Titan
live?
S. In what island was Eleutherios Venice
los, the distinguished Greek statesman,
born?
0. With what metal are lightning rods
tipped?
10. The birthday of a world figure in ltera-
ture occurs tomorrow. Who was he?
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The German guns seem to be of q much
more recent date. One, We found, was
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Advice to a
Friendly Nation

stray royalties who have sought safety
within it's borders And having acquired
the money. the Swiss will do well to send il
abroad for safe keeping.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

Samuel?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22

Maybe you are thinking that this is going
to be hard week, but just consider Messrs
Erzberger and the other German delegates.
They are going to Versailles on the pray as :
you eater plan. sQCRATEs.
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Member of the Associated Press
TROUBLES OF A PRESIDENT

PhiIadclphia. Tue.day, April 90, 1919
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
MISSISSIPPI MAN IS
HEAD OF |. G, CARMEN

PADuCAH, Ky, June 8. (Spl)-A.
G, osburn, Of Water Valley, Miss. was
elected chairman of the joint protec-
tive board Of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Carmen, for this district, at We'd
nesday nights closing session Of the
board, Mr.. Osburn succeeds y. s.
Young, of Evansville, as chairman.
Delegates from all parts Of the I'LL
nois Central system, from Dubuque,
Iowa, to New Orleans. attended the
three-day session Of carmen which was
ended here Wednesday. Other Off
clals OF the district organization elected
were: Louis Sotori, Of Chicago, vice
chairman, succeeding T. c. Brand, OF
Paducah; John Delsing, OF Waterloo,
la, secTetaTy-treasurer, succeeding w.
+. WIngle. OF Champaign, H.. G. A.
Wilson, of Mounds, ILL.,, was made a
member Of the executive board c. @.
Box was retained Il member of the
executive board.
A smoker VAS held for the visiting
delegates in the armory OF Company
b, Tuesday evening j Fred McCreery
presided over the meeting. Speeches
were made by James Hyman, OF Louis
Vile; +, j, Mulligan, OF Dubuque, Ia,
and b. S. Young, of Evansville.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
ON COMMISSION
TO FIX WAR DAMAGES

American commission named to APP
praise and assess damages and repara-
ton against the Germans, expects 70
receive his discharge in July. He VIII
then return TO Memphis and resume MS
profession as a consulting engineer al
ter having seen % months service.
At present Maj, Allen is acting com
handing officer of the regiment, 3o6th
engineers, stationed at Aisey-sur-Selne,
France, recently released for return to
America and awaiting transportation
Mai. Allen entered the first officers
training camp at Fort Oglethorpe May
IA, 1917, and earned a commission as
captain of pioneer engineers, and was
assigned to Camp jackson, s., c., Com
pany F, 306th engineers, Slst wild
cat) division, the organization OF which
was begun Aug. "a, 1917, of drafted men
Of Tennessee, Florida and the Caro-
linas.
The S1st division, after training at
Columbia, S. c.. until July, 1918, sailed
for overseas and after three months
intensive training in France, was
moved to the front line. Maj. then
captain) Allen was engaged in front line
engineering in the Vosges sector for
about a month.
The S1st division was in the line a
few kilometers from Verdun when the
offensive of Nov. Q, 1918, started. Com
pany F, 306th engineers, under Capt,
Allen, attached to a battalion OF in.
fantry, was in the first wave over, and
was assigned the responsible engineer
ing task Of pulling the teeth, OF the
land mines and traps in the path Of the
first wave advance.
For his services on the field from
Nov. 8 to II, during which time his
company was continuously engaged
Capt. Allen was cited in general orders
and recommended for promotion to ma
jor and received his commission ir
March.
After the armistice Maj. Allen was
assigned to special duty attached t
the American commission to negotiate
peace, on the engineering staff Of
which he served first in Paris and later
in Belgium. On this engineering mis-
sion Maj. Allen served for a period O.
about two months and until the ser
vices of commission were completed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 1918.
RS VICTIM
UNCONSCIOUS
REALIZES
VALUE Of ORDER
: ave No CleW to Men
ew Aged Serini in
~ obbing Him.

aBA nthaving regained conscious
20 Serini, aged II years,
beaten 0Svl the head with an iron bar,
robbed the store of M. Solaris AIS South
wellington street, succumbed to the
wounds late Wednesday afternoon al
st, Joseph's hospital Police and detec-
tives up until Thursday had gained
little or no information as to the identi-
~ OF the assassinS The theory Of the
mon at the central office is that the
murderers were negroes and that they
operated from an automobile.
Serinin had lived in Memphis for more
than 40 years. He was employed at
the Cole Manufacturing company, and
had sleeping apartments over the store
Of NJ, Solarl in a front room on the
second floor. Mike Ciealla, a young
clerk for Solari, occupied the adjcin-
ing room
Burglars after midnight Sunday car
rted a ladder from where a house was
being built nearly a block from Solari's
place and boldly set il up against the
front Of the store. In crawling in the
upper window, the supposition is, the
old man was awakened by the marau-
ders, Before he could cry out, an iron
bar was swung on his head. His room
WAS robbed. Cicalla awoke in the next
room and hearing, the burglars, sue
ceeded In slamming the connecting door
before the robbers could get to him.
The assassins then made their way
to the lower floor and robbed the cash
register, and let themselves u the
front door.
Cicalla CAV the alarm and Policemen
Oliver and Robinson answered from
the central office. They obtained no
trace, Of Serini's murderers, but placed
the victim in a police car and raced
18th him to St. Joseph's hospital
Frankie White at daylight put the
police blood hounds on the trail, which
led four blocks away. It ended at the
edge Of the curbing at a street corner.
Nhere the prints of an automobile
showed how the burglars probably had
departed.
Serini's body was taken to the under
taking parlors of Mcdowell & Monte
verde and prepared for burial. The
funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Friday
morning from s., Patrick's church.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
Mrs. G. L. Moore, Sr.

HELENA, Ark, June 5. (Spl)-Mrs.
c. J.. Moore, Sir, aged 76, wife of one
of Helena's most prominent business
men, is dead. The funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon at st. Johns
the rector, conducting the services. be-
fore her marriage, So years ago, she
was Miss Gabrilla Thompson, daughter
Of the late David Thompson, who re-
sided just north OF Helena, now the
site Of the Mapel Hill cemetery. where
interment took place. Besides her hus-
band she Is survived by a son. c. L..
Moore. Jr., and two daughters, Mrs.
F. o. Watts, of st. Louis, Mo-, and
Mrs. w. l.. Without, of Memphis, Tenn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
DAGO ROSE BOUND
OVER FOR SHOOTING

Although there was no complaining
Witness present. Rosa Current, charged
with malicious shooting and carrying a
pistol, at her preliminary hearing late
Wednesday afternoon In the police
court, was held to the state court by
Judge Fitzhugh, Mrs. Current, during
a fight and wild flight in their big
gray touring car, shot her husband,
Andrew Current, in the leg, late Tues
cay afternoon, at Main street and Iowa
avenue. Current disappeared and the
police failed to locate him. Mr.
Current, better known In elite. bootleg
cling circles az ."Dago Rose an ex-
tremely handsome young woman, drove
herself to the central police office, fol~
lowing the chooting and surrendered
to Capt, Kehoe. She claimed she shot
In self defence.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
Hill-Reeves.

PADUCAH, Ky, June 5. (spl)-Miss
Bonnie Sunshine Reeves and Robert
Hill were married Tuesday afternoon at
the residence of the Rev. H. W, Brooks,
pastor Of the Fountain Avenue Meth
odist church. The bride Is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs, Julian Reeves OF Ia
Center. Mr., Hill is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Barnett Hill, Of Heath, and
for the last few months has been
located in st. Louis. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
will make their home in Madison, H.,
across the river from st. Louis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
PaShby viii Explain
Tax Raise And Make
Alb For The Citv

The mayor and city commissioners,
usually two suspicious one of another
L agree to any suggestion coming from
their number, have, under the pressure
OF necessity, concluded that If any logi-
p~recedented raise in the city tax rate
from $3.50 to SEQ can be made that
G. c. Pashby, city clerk, is the logical
man to present 1t. Pashby is a rafting
good hand at figures and II the ~investf-
eating committee can be steered away
from an inquiry into the system OF
nepotism and distribution of useless
jobs to useful politicians and their rela-
tives, Pashby will lead the committee
into a maze Of figures that conceal
the real purpose OF the investigation,
The d~istrust in the city government
is made evident by the sleuths en-
ployed by the mayor and each commits
sioner to check up the activities of the
other departments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
w ThcnDea0 M
j. e. Mangham.

COLUMBUS, Miss, June 5. (Spl)-
J. Il. Mangham, aged 45, died at his
home, 100 North Third avenue. Tues
day night. He was a native of Green
vile. Miss, but came to Columbus when
a young man. For a long time he was
in the employ of the Southern railway,
but for several years past had served
as superintendent OF the municipal cree
matory. Funeral services were held
from the family home Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. r. S. Gavin, pastor
Of the First Baptist church..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
MAY REJOIN FORCE.

w W. Harrington, who resigned from
The Memphis police department to join
the L. S. f5rces, mas returned home and
probably will begin swinging a night
stick again as a patrolman from the
central office. For 10 months he was
on the fighting front with Battery f,
3l2th field artillery. of the 10Th divi-
sion, He was mustered out Monday at
Fort Oglethorpe.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
TWO PATR0LMEN AGAIN
SUSPENDED FROM FORCE

Patrolman D. L. Mechanism and P.
Morley again were suspended from the
police department Thursday by order OF
C. w. Miller, police commissioner. The
suspension is the result of their indict-
ment by the federal grand jury on a
charge OF conspiracy to rob a box car.
The officers were suspended once be-
fore in connection with the same case,
when the county grand jury indicted
them. But they were reinstated when
they won their cases in the state court.
They will be reinstated again, Mr.. Mil
Ter said Thursday, should they again
win out in court.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
670-ACRE FARM
BRINGS 100000

UNION CITY, Tenn, June s. CSpl)
The Gibson SO acre tract Of land in
district No. 7, six miles southeast Of
this place, known as the Stanley farm,
was sold to the highest bidder yester-
day afternoon for 800 900, John Gard
ner, of Martin, bought all the tracts
except one or two. 1t was the largest
sale ever made in This county.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
Miller Burrows.

PADUCAH, KY, June 5. (SplO-Miss
Emma Catherine Burrows and Fred A.
Miller were married Tuesday morning
at the st. Francis de Sales Catholic
church. The attendants were Miss
Bertha Miller. of Louisville, sister of
the bridegroom, maid Of honor, and ].
Il. Jennings, cousin of the bride, best
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller will make
their home in Jackson, Tenn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-05
ELECTRICIAN KILLED BY
FALL FROM HIGH POLE

JACKSON. Tenn. June 5. (Spl.)-
f. NJ. Hudson, aged 46, electrician in
the employ of the Jackson Fiber COM
pany, at Bemis, came to his death from
injuries received today when he fell
from the top of a swaying 30-foot pole
ard his skull was fractured.
He was rushed to the hopital in an
ambulance hut died in a short time,
The pole had been placed in the hole
which had not been filled and upon it's
sweying back ard forth Hudson was
thrown violently to the ground.
The remains will be sent to Dick
son Tenn. tomorrow for burial.