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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
GOVERNOR IS GUEST
AT LAFAyETTEFETE
Pleads for Americanism in
\ Founders Day Exercises.
Palmer Also Talks
OPPOSES IMMIGRATION BAN
BY the Associated Press

Easton. Pa, Oct. 15.-Governor
Sprouts address at the Founders Day
exercises at Lafayette College today
was informal. or ss he described it. n
''neighborly talk The Governor told
his hearers that during his college days
at Swarthmore, and since, he had
known more Lafayette men and had
known them better. he believed. than
the alumni of any other college except
his own.
The Governor spoke of his early days
at Swarthmore when he and Attorney
General Palmer were roommates and
Of how they had discussed their am
bitions and of his pride in his friend
who had attained the great place which
he 80 creditably is filling.
Mitchell was politician even
then" said Governor Sproul. END he
had a Democratic slant in his political
faith that seemed inherent, so deeply
was it ingrained in his make up. But
we took our political differences more
seriously then. before we could vote.
than we ever have since. and now it
would be hard to define them at all
Discussing Founders Day, Governor
Sproul dwelt upon the habits of thrift
and the patriotism which made possible
the establishment of great philanthro
pies "by people whose incomes, measur
ed by latter day standards, would seem
meager indeed"
He said many neonle saemed to tb;nl
that as n result of tbe war ..aIl laws
Of nature economics and good Twins
had been swent aside; and that man
could Icgislate substance ont Of shadow
and material ont of void He reminded
his hearers that the law of grayitation
had not been repealed and that the old
principle of supply and demand ant
The requirement that we must work to
purchase the necessities of life. even in
q country so God favored as the United
States. were lust as much in evidence
now as at any other time in history.
The Governor said he believed one of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
BELL COMPANY TO INSTALL
AUTOMATIC PHONES IN CITY
Saving Derce viii Cut Out Al Local Operaors-Co
plete System Here Within Ten Years, Is Estimate

The automatic telephone to be
adopted and installed in Philadelphia
by the Bell Telephone Company is an
automatic device to save time and la
bor 1t has been tried with success in
other cities.
The automatic telephone entirely
eliminates the local operators, toll
operators and long distance operators
being the only ones to be retained.
The device is simple to operate. A
key dial on the base of the telephone
or fixed nearby in the case of wall
telephone answers the purpose OF
operators.
Knowing the number desired the
caller merely turns the dial TO the de .
sired numbers and waits for an answer.
The usual ''busy" buzzing is heard If
the line wanted is being used.
Exchange names will be eliminated.
For instance the Poplar exchange might
become number nine. In making a
call for a line now on the Poplar
exchange, the first number would be the
exchange key number. Thus 9345
would in reality be the same as Poplar
345.
As soon as the key number is pushed
the automatic switchboard connects the
telephone being used with Poplar
trunk and then the system of getting
345 is simple. The pressing of the
nine and the connection with the trunk
would be virtually at the same time
j. l.. Probst. local agent for the man
ufacturers of the company. said today
that 40 900 automatic telephones are in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
START WAR
ON GAMBLING HERE
First Attack Launched Against
Circulation of Chance
Cards
STORE RAIDED; IA ARE HELD

A police onslaught against gambling
in all forms is now under way in this
city, the sharp issue raised by carni
val raffles having precipitated the cam
paign.
Word has gone out that during the
remaining few months Of the Smith
administration relentless war will be
fought against games of chance. in
cludin- those played in cigar stores
for Smokes" and the chance cards
peddled from door to door by children.
The first attack has been launched
AGAINST the circulation of chance cards.
Police say they have checked scheme
literally To food this city with cards
that would net the promoters several
millions of dollars.
Cards and Prizes" Seized
In raid on n store on Market street
near Fifth huge packing cases filled
with chance cards and "prizes' were
seized Fourteen men have been ar.
rested in connection with the scheme
and held for court on the charge o!
aiding and abetting lottery.
Through the cleverness of the pro-
n0ers. the gaming spirit was invading
even the schools of the city, and hun
dreds of offices and manufacturing plants
were marked out for golden harvests.
The plan was to advertise for boys
and girls. who were offered an oppor
tunity 'to earn easy money in theii
spare time" The bait was set also for
clerks and stenographers, who wert
given chance to make little money
on the side"
Agents Are Rewarded
When the bait the promoters offered
was taken the applicants were provided
with cards arranged in various forms.
but all designed around the idea that
prize would be won by the lucky
chance taker.
Some of these cards bore numbers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
Will Fill a New Field
in the Great Automobile
Industry

ing systems, and New Process
Gears for transmissions and
differentials of automobile
trucks and tractors.
The Electric Auto-Lite bus
mess is the largest in It's class
in the industry More starting
and lighting sets for automo-
blles are, and have been made
by this company than by any
other two concerns IN the busl
ness Production is now at a
rate Of over sixteen hundred
complete sets per day, and
orders for future deliveries are
on hand for four thousand sets
per day This company sup
plies the principal automobile
builders.
The New Process Gear
businessWas organized IN 1912
Today it is one OF the largest
in the industry; and, because
of the high quality Of its prod,
ucts, the demand is constantly
expanding, The factory
covers seven acre site and
employs from 1900 to 1000
highly skilled operators.
In addition, the Corpora
tion is producing the WHY'S
Light for the lighting OF coun-
try homes and farms. In the
month of August alone, orders
were received for 1000 Willys
farm-light outfits.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

operation in st. Paul and Minnea polls
and system of 1900 is being in -
stalled in Norfolk.
More than 5000. privately owned.
are in operation in this city. most OF
them in industrial establishments, he
said, "and an entire city system will
give the same practical results as these
private lines.
l.. Fl. Kinnard. vice president and
general manager of the Bell system here.
who announced the proposed change,
said that it will take about ten years
TO complete.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
CITY FIREMAN AGAIN STARS
Stops Auto-Carries injured Man to
HospitaI-Detains Driver

Fireman Guido V. Colonna. of Engine
Company No. 4, who helped in the cap
ture of two alleged bandits after the
SIC. 200 MacQueen jewel robbery. prov
ed his resOurcefulness again today.
An automobile knocked down William
Lawrence, fifty years old, 124T Cath
arine. street. at Clifton and South
streets. Colonna was passing in a fire
truck. He first caused the driver of
the automobile to be detained and then
carried Lawrence to the Pennsylvania
Hospital. The man is in serious con
dition. with injuries TO his neck and
spine.
C. y. Ziebelman. of Third and Balm
bridge Streets driver of the automobile.
was held by Magistrate Baker under
$1,000 bail for hearing October %.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

push out the disc aud then learn how
much he or she had to pay for the priv
ilege
As much as SIS would be realized
on some forms Of the chance cards.
The agent who was circulating the
card for the promoter would usually
receive so and a prize" similar to
the prize won by the holder Of the
lucky number
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

The extensive plants Of
these units are located at
Toledo, O.. Syracuse, N. Y,
and Poughkeeps,e, NY They
will be sources of supply for
the construction of the new
Six.
For the building Of the new
car the plant of the Duesen.
berg Motors Company, at
Elizabeth, N j., was pur-
chased and is beng enlarged
to give a capacity Of 400 co
500 complete motor cars per
day
The new Six has many new
and outstanding features-an
entirely new. but thoroughly
proven, type Of spring sus-
pension beng one of them.
The car is of remarkably light
welght-approximately 2,l00
pounds and has notable
road holding. non skidding
and easy riding qualities, 1t
has extraordinarily low
gasoline consumption -l7
to 20 miles per. gallon. The
chassis is marvel Of sim.
plicity. The details are all
noteworthy
Anyone desiring further in.
formation about the plans and
car program OF the WHY'S
Corporation should write
for our booklet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
SCORES ,WOULD-BE RESCUER
Indignant When Awakened in Burn.
lnq House-Gets Day in Jail

Get out of bed, you're house is on
fire ~
Harry Odell. sol North Eleventh
street, aopened lazy eye as he heard
the command. The order came from
Patrolman Mears. of the Tenth and
Buttonwood streets station.
Mears saw smoke pouring from sew
eral windows in the house He groped
his way to the third floor and found
Odell asleep while his bed was framed
in flames.
Odell was indignant He made a
flying leap for the patroman. it is
said. and tried to put him out instead
OF the fire. But the patrolman man
aged to put Odell out in the street,
while the 6remen extinguished the
flames.
3 Odell. still indignant. tried to ex
plain matters to Magistrate Beaton.
The latter listened patiently and then
announced =:
TN give you twenty four hours in
jail to cool of.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

hidden by paper seals with the winning
number at the top of the card, also hid
den from view. A. chance taker selected
3 seal. tore it of. and revealed the mum
Der which was credited to his or her
name on the back of the card.
Sometimes the names of girls were
used instead of numbers Little red
discs on the cards bore the name "Alice"
or Helen" or mabel" or some other
feminine name. The chance taker would
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
.<H1NK of the appeal
in a Six Cylinder Car,

T<HINK of the appeal
in a Six Cylinder Car,
built for the motorist
of moderate income ! The
car must be one of unusual
economies.
Only big quantity produc.
ton can make such a car pos.
sible-and quantity produc.
ton is not possible without
revolution from old principles
Of construction.
The WHY'S Corporation has
produced exactly such a car,
1t is a revolutionary Six-and
is one of the few great forward
steps in automobile history
since the invention of the pneu
matte tire. 1t fills great gap
in the industry-and has
field all to itself,
Behind this revolutionary
car is the Willys Corporation,
one Of the biggest and strong
est manufacturing concerns in
the automobile industry. At
it's head is John N. WHY'S,
president also of the WHY'S.
Overland Company, who has
successfully built and sold over
$4,000 automobiles,
The business of the'Willys
Corporation, exclusive OF the
building Of the new Six, is
the manufacture of Electric
Auto.Lite, starting and light
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02
TESTING BULLS
is IMPORTANT
So Says the Farm Bureau Agent OF
CIary County, Missouri, and He
Gives Good Example
of Loss.

'sWhen certain farmer few years
ego sold his registered Holstein pull
to his local butcher no records had
been made by any Of the bulls daugh-
tiers. Within year eleven OF the
daughters freshened at the age Of two
end three. Records were made OF
milk and butterfat production and TO
the establishment of everybody the
average milk production was l4,ooa
pounds and the average butterfat pro
duction was 573 pounds" said W. A.
Hook, farm bureau agent for CLARK
county, Missouri. ;,
But before these records were avail
sble the bull was dead and his h1de
mad become leather. Because there
were no records, a 5000 bull mad
reen sold for $50. The COW testing
association tests the dams and daugh-
ters. and the bull association makes
ia practicable to keep bull until ms
daughters have been tested. Ihess
two associations would have saSeo
that bull.
"Registration alone cannot guar
,ntee production" says Mr.. HOOK
"and registered dairy bulls should De
hacked by good production RECORDS.
without record backing they may De
very well bred. but there Is nothing
to prove 1t"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02
IN TIME FOR
TOURNAMENT
keokuk Tennis Players VIII Have
Opportunity to Use New Rule
Just Made Effective by
Powers That Be.

There seemed to be some real ex.
citement among the tennis players
meeting to push forward the pro-
jected Keokuk tournament. Listen
ing disclosed that 1t was about this
innovation:
Tennis fans are due for a Jolt.
love" is to be eliminated from
the game.
Maybe 1t was a misnomer, but
there were those to whom the word
added zest to the game.
Nobody knows where the word
originated as a tennis term, but it
has always meant nothing" Per-
haps that is how it came into use.
Now the powers that be, in the
interest of efficiency, have decreed
that it must go the way that some
other meaningless fine phrases have
gone.
In it's place will be substituted
"naught," according to the plans OF
the Western Lawn Tennis associa-
ton.
No more will be heard the familiar
"forty love" from the tennis courts.
But that doesn't mean that there
will be any less sentiment in some
tennis matches.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02
FORMER WARSAW
FIREMAN is DEAD
Louis Riley Had Many Friends There
and Made Others During His
Short Residence In
keokuk.

Louis Riley, an employee Of J. c..
Hubinger Bros. company, died at his
home, 7O6 South Sixth street, early
yesterday morning after short Ill
ness.
Mr. Riley was born at Warsaw on
May 1, 1885 and had lived there until
last March when he moved to Keokuk
For number of years he was, a mem
Der of the Warsaw fire department
and was very well known in that city.
In May, 1916, he was married to
Miss Nellie Rea, Of Keokuk, who with
a daughter, Marjorie Eloise, survives
him
Besides his wife and child he is sur
vived by his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
.P. G. Riley Of Warsaw, three brothers.
Harry Riley, Of Davenport, Paul Riley
of Keokuk and William Riley OF War
saw, and two sisters. Mrs. Carl Cooley
of Chicago and Miss Lola Riley of
Warsaw.
Mr.. Riley was a member of the
Modern Wodmen lodge at Warsaw
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02
INVASION OF
EAST BY WEST
Atlantic Coast Fans In American
League are Rather Nervous
as to the Out
come
by H. G.. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Correspondent.

By II. e. Hamilton, united Press
Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, June 2.-The invasion
of the east by the west in the Ameri-
can league is about to begin. The east
had poor success. or practically no
success at all when 1t went west to
scrap with the American league clubs
in that section. Therefore the out
come of the approaching conflict will
be watched with some nervousness
by adherents of the Atlantic coast
representatives. Both Yankees and
Red Sox, two entrants given look in
for the pennant by the experts, were
taken to finished cleaning in their
saunters westward. st. Louis and De-
trcit have done remarkably well.
The White Sox have made practical
ly clean sweep of things.
The Yanks have braced since set
ting their faces toward home, so the
coming duels will not be pink teas for
the travelling west
Detroit appears ready to take some
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02
IN
LABOR FIELD
Enoland's ToiIers Who Carried on
During War, VIII Work on
Equal Footing With
Men.
TRY Edwin w. Hullinger, United
praes Staff CORRESPONDENT.

Thy Edwin W. Hullinger, OnlIeo
Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Cby maiD = Women
workers who carried on" in the ma
chine shops during the war will work
Ar seni-skilled jobs, principally in
certain new industries which British
is already preparing to ex-
ploit on a considerable scale. They
will help manufacture articles Eng
land formerly imported from Ger
many other continental countries or
America.
They will work here on equal foot
ing with men and with full consent OF
organized labor.
In RESPONSE to appeals Of 100000
m,1nitionettes threatened with being
ruled out Of the work shops by "resti-
tuition Of the pre-war labor status,
the Amalgamated Society Of Eng1'
neers has decided to sanction employ
ment of women at repetition" work
on this basis, J. It. Brownie, president
of the A. S. E.. revealed to the United
Press
A series Of conferences between the
A. S. e. and their employers began
May 6 to draw up q postwar labor
agreement, including stlpulatioh
definitely fixing women's status in
the trade.
The Importance of this may be
gagged from the fact that the A S. E
dominates the mechanical trades
where the bulk of war substitution OF
women took place.
Brownie declared that:
Munition plants are already under
going remodeling preparatory tc
manufacturing products England
either did not make at all before the
war or only to very limited extent
Other plants are to be expanded OIL
reconstructed for the same purpose.
These products include:
Electrical appliances-former ly i'm
ported principally from Germany, now
to be manufactured in England on a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02
SCHOOLS SUFFER
BY NEW RULE
School Books of Germany are Same
as Before, Containing Eulogies
on That Kindly
Kaiser.
IBy John Graudenz, United Press
Staff Correspondent

[By John Graudenz, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN. (By maiL) THE radi-
Gals claim that equal education for
everyone" the principle Of socialism,
has been dropped by the socialistic
German government. While the lat
ter, during the last three months,
spent eight and half billion marks
on the new militarism," the Prus-
sian minister Of finances turned a
deaf ear to all calls for help from the
minister of culture. Both ministers
are majority socialists.
The total amount needed for the
most necessary school reforms is
estimated at two hundred million
marks, but not even one million and
a half was granted for the proposed
peoples high school, where intelli-
gent workmen could be trained as
administration officials. This, accord
ing to the radicals, is the only basis
upon which the socialtstic republican
stand. In order to erect temporary
school for this purpose, the reformers
are now begging for funds from capt
talists
There are from ten to fifteen thou
sand unemployed teachers. Thou
sands of governesses are being dis
missed to make room for the return
ing warriors. All these girls are in
great need. Hundreds appeal daily
to the minister of culture who is I'M
able to assist them.
The reformers intend to change
the entire school system to cores
pond with American, Danish and
Swedish systems, especially with re-
gard to the so-calIed working schools.
Their plan to abolish all privileged
schools is opposed by the govern
ment. because it needs the fees paid
by the pupils of these schools.
The municipal administrations
promised to reserve twenty-five per
cent of all the seats in the privileged
schools for the workmen's children.
The reformers, however, fear that
this would spoil their children, since
they would adopt burgeois manners.
Meanwhile, the school system is
becoming more reactionary. The
directors and high school teachers
mostly members of the Pan German
Iistic parties, are forming leagues OF
Youths and offer active resistance to
all orders issued by the minister OF
culture.
Socialistic teachers are dismissed
by the directors. The school books
are. as before, filled with imperial
istic and royal history. Astlng a boy
what kind of lesson he had to
learn for the day, he showed me his
book. This was the lesson: "The
kindness of heart Of William Rex"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02

II is right that he is just sixteen years
DID," said the elder Morris.
When asked whether the boy had
ever been in any kind of trouble be-
fore he said.
$40, sir; he amt never been in no
trouble at all He has worked with
me in the butcher shop, picking
chickens and work like that, and then
worked for transfer company.
A Gun in Hands Of Baby.
THE boy never knowed what he
was doing. He never owned a gun.
IL is just like putting gun in the
hands Of baby The whole thing
was framed up by Scott. He put that
gun in the boys hand and got him
full of bad whisky. He never owned
q gun in his life.
'Of course know he shot the man
/ don't want them to give him too
much
When the two murderers were in
terviewed in their cells an hour before
they were taken up to be sentenced,
neither of them were willing to talk
much.
Morris was pacing nervously back
and forth in his cell. When asked II
they had planned the crime before
going to the store he denied it.
I'VE just met up at Fifteenth street
and decided to go over to Inman's
store; | didn't even know for sure
when we went in there that we We're
going to rob him." he said
When asked why he had fired the
fatal shot, he said:
well, the old man kind Of reached
for his belt, and / just fired. l don't
know why l did it, that's ALL"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-02
KNIGHTS LOWER A
LANCE TO QUINCY
Gems from the City Down tho River
are Sharply Contested in Good
Ball Game in Gem
Cjfv

The Keokuk Knights of Columbus
baseball team lost to the Quincy
Gems at Quincy yesterday by score
of 6 to 2.
Scattered hits and errors at critical
times cost the local team a one sided
score The Gems made six hits and
made most of them count for scores
while the X C's. secured five hits and
only turned them into one run
Stellar work was done by Roam at
third base and by Hickey in left field.
The battery for the Keokuk team
was w. Furlong and Hayes in the
box and s. Furlong behind the plate.
The score by innings:
Quincy Gems 200 o20 zoos
Keokuk X. g. ---.t..,. 900 100 O00-l