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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20

You're arrested for speeding ~
shouted the policeman to Jonathan, and
at once hot words began to fly back and
forth. The runaways didn't wait to
hear them, for as soon as the policeman
let go of Halls arm they jumped from
the auto, dashed up the steps and into
the house.
The clergyman was sitting up late
writing his Sunday sermon. 1t took
but jiffy for Hal and Penelope to tell
him they wanted to get married, and
another jiffy for him to marry them,
with Peggy and Billy acting as brides
maid and best man.
Just as the wedding was finished the
door burst in and in rushed the fat po-
liceman, Jonathan Cash and Aunt Prue.
"I'm Jonathan Cash, the rich man
who is going to marry Penelope. Arrest
that chap! !" shouted Jonathan.
'I'm Hal, the musician, who has al
ready married Penelope" answered
Hal. and at once he began to play his
violin. Sweet as the music had been
before, it was ten times sweeter now,
and its charm held Aunt Prue, iona =
than and the fat policeman fast in its
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
Hospital Wants More Books

Dolls and toys for the children, mag
azincs for the older patients and read
ing matter for the nurses as well, are
needed by the Municipal Hospital for
Contagious Diseases. A member OF
the woman's advisory board, Mrs,
Henry G. Boyer. directing attention to
the fact that in the nature of the case
both the patients and those caring for
them are necessarily much isolated and
therefore lonely, said yesterday that
she will undertake the delivery to the
hospital of any articles left at the Red
Cross headquarters, 1907 Walnut street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
MAN LOSES LAST OF FAMILY
Death Of Boy Scout Leaves Father,
]. M. Rose. Alone

Edward Rose, the thirteen year old
Boy Scout who died from injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by speed
ing motOrcar, will be buried today
He is son of James NJ. Rose, 6S
Roger street, and was the last survivor
but one of his family. The elder Rose
is world war veteran. His wife died
in January. 1918. Four years previ-
ously his nine year old daughter, Ger
trude, died, and in 1908 he lost a year
ole son, Benjamin Francis.
The boys funeral will be held at 2
o'clock today, from the Roger street
house. He will be buried as a scout,
with services at the house by Troop
No. 7, and at the cemetery by Troop
No. III. Rev. Charles Eldred Shell
ton, pastor of the First Congregational
Church of Germantown, which Ed
ward attended, will officiate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
Two Weddings

Two Weddings
uAL'S auto, in which he was bear
ing away Penelope, the lovely bride,
sped along SO fast that it was like a
streak of moonlight. But speedy as 1t
was, the motorcar Of Jonathan Cash
was speedier, and just ms the town was
reached the loud hum Of its big engine
came to the ears of the runawnys.
Faster! Faster ~ cried Billy.
There's clergyman's house just
around the corner" He knew that
Penelope and Hal wanted to get married
before Aunt Pruc and Jonathan Cash
caught them. Around the corner whirled
the auto, skidding halfway across the
street. 1t came to sharp halt, in
front of the clergyman house.
"Ah, ha! Now I've caught you ~
yelled a hoarse voice, and there beside
the auto was the very same fat police
man they had nearly run over when Hal
first started to the rescue of Penelope.
"I'll teach you to scare me into fits and
send me tumbling head over heels. u
added the policeman, and he seized Hal s
arm.
ienelOpe gave u cry OF ulSInhy. lnat
seemed the end of her eloperhent, for in
another moment Aunt Prue and iona =
than Cash would be upon them.
But Billys wits worked faster than
the rich mans auto Travelled.
Here comes a terribly swift speed
ing motorcar. Stop it," he shouted.
The fat policeman could hear the hum
of the other machine. He didn't wait to
argue, but jumped into the middle of
the street just as Jonathan Cash's car
roared around the corner aud halted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
ACID FUMES KILc TWO
Workman Dies Trying to sav
Another In Point Breeze Plant

Two men were snffocated in a vat
which had contained Sulphuric acid in
the plant of the Atlantic Refining Com
pany, Point Breeze, late yesterday
They were Louis Wintowick and John
Zirkowski. Their addresses are moi
known.
The first man fell inte the vat.
Zirkowski leaped in to rescue him.
While other employees looked on, help
less, the two men were overcome by
the fumes and died shortly after. The
bodies we're recovered by workmen
guarded by gas masks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
A POSTWAR ROMANCE
Aviator and Nurse Meet In canada
and Are Married

Miss Laura Jane Morgan aud Fred
Brcmicr. both former Philadelphians,
have been married as the climax OF a
a nurse and lived at 5S3S Addison
street. MIR. Bremier was an instructor
Of economics in the Wharton School OF
the University of Pennsylvania.
During the war Mr.. Bremier was
naval aviator. Miss Morgan was
war nurse. The two met on a camping
trip In northern Ontario, and were Rzaz-
ried on their way home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
BY HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Author 81 1.-THE Business Career Of
Solver OF Business Problems"
A Hint to Buyers

THIS is meant principally for the
professional buyers for retail stores,
but it carries good idea to all of us
who spend money; from the wealthy
purchaser Of a swagger automobile to
the youngster who gets "a loaf of bread
for mother"
The buyer who gets the best value for
his money is the one who knows sales
manship. He can then "sell'' the sales
man the idea that he's good fellow to
do business with. &
Some buyers get all swelled up with
the Importance of their job. They lose
their perspective. Then they treat the
statesmen who visit them as though they
were lowly menals.
Such buyers remind me of the queen
in "Alice in Wonderland" You re-
member that if any one displeased her in
the slightest she cried 'Off with his
head"
If those naughty buyers could only
hear what the statesmen say of them
Their pride would be as puffed up. as a
punctured tire.
If you are IA buyer, treat the sales
men who call on you with the courtesy
and respect they deserve You need the
salesman just as much as he needs you.
He's not there to beg any favor from
you, but to give you an opportunity to
exchange so much money for its equal
value in merchandise.
(Of course. know you. friend buyer,
who read this always do this-but pass
the idea along to some of your fellow
buyers who are mot as thoughtful as
yOu.)
recall customers whom / was glad
to see. They gave me such kindly
human greeting that any self-respect
that | had lost during the tough inter-
views of the day was restored to me.
And it paid them a handsome cash
dividend.
Sometimes ! had clearance lot or
special bargain. Did | offer them to
the buyers who lacked the first princi-
pie of decency in dealing with sales
men? .
The answer is NO; not by jugful.
l always divided those extra special
bargains with those buyers who were
gentlemen. 1t often meant that quite
small buyer got bargain while his big
rival got left
/ Don't forget that the salesman can
do and will do all the fayors he can
| to those who treat him with the re-
spect his calling demands.
| Ever heard the buyer snap out,
Nothing doing. I'm busy" and then
turn ungraciously away and leave the
salesman? He may want nothing, but
he could have said it decently
| knew some buyers from whom il
was almost pleasure to be turned
/ down-they were so sorry to have to do
it. And | knew buyers who gave me
orders. but with such an air of SUI
periority that l had hard work not TO
openly resent it.
A I've been buyer myself. but the
memory of my selling days always
helped me to be as human AS could
to the statesmen calling on me.
Don't you ever feel sorry for the
girls in department stores when some
| austere dame snaps out request to
her and assumes an attitude that dares
the girl to be civil?
Thank goodness. the professional
buyers are much better than they used
to be. Taken as whole. they are a
fine lot of fellows. but there are few
yet who need swatting.
Next time you buy anything try buy
ing 1t with smilc--it's astonishing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
Dies of seIf.lnflIcted Wound

James Rankin. of Chester. who shot
himself late Thursday night while de-
spondent from illness. according to pO-
lice. died late last night in the Pres
byterian Hospital. Rankin had been
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Frank l..
Tout North Preston street, near Ian i
caster avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
DREAlILAND ADVENTURES -ByDaddyI
"THE RUNAWAY BRIDE"

(As Penelope is about 10 be mar
ried to jonathan Cash, the ugly rich
man, she is carried oioav by Hdl,
her louer, ,oho Is aided BY Peggy and
Billy. Then jonathan aud Pcnci-
ope's Aunt Prue chase ho rHndHdys
~ s,oitt motorcar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20
The Second BulLet-By Robert Orr Chipperfield
copyright. 1918. by Robert NJ. Mcbride CO
rHIs sTARTs THE STORY

A dinner party is being held at
the home of Colonel and MIS-. Led
yard in Eastopolis. Among the guests
are their daughter, Trixy; her friend
+ Bebe Cowles; Wendle Braddock'
Neely Swarthmore and Mrs. Alice
Hartshorne. Before the arrival OF
Mrs. Hartshorne it is revealed,
through a discussion among the others
that her history is one of mystery.
After her arrival mention is made OF
the release from prison of the presl-
dent of the Riyerton bank after serv-
ing four years Of twenty year SEN
teuce because of conversion of the
bank funds. Under veiled questions
from the others, among whom are her
defenders as to her past, she sud
denly is seized with violent head
4 ache. She rejects Braddock's offer
to escort her home, after promising
to come to a dance Mrs. Ledyard is
giving a few nights later. Swarth-
more leaves with her. He calls the
next day and tells her he loves her.
She promises to marry him in few
DAYS. Mrs. Hartshorne sees a face
at the window which territies her.
The significance of her fear is not
revealed to Swarthmore. 1t is
brought out that Swarthmore has
cheated in the matter Of government
contracts. Braddock is to dine with
Mrs. Hartshorne that night at her
apartment. Constantly with Mrs.
Hartshorne is a French maid named
NatiIde. The morning after the
dance, which proves very successful,
Bebe finds Trixy lying motionless on
her bed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20

I'm nert peek's story Peggv aud
Billy haze another trip to Santa
Clans land taharc they are the
guests of the Wild Geese
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20

UNH, IT'S you, Bebev' she said
~ family. "I-I must have been
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13
READY FOR drive
Salvation Army Workers viii
Start Out Tomorrow.
$4,000 Must Be Raised To
Complete Quota.

The second part of the Salvation
Army home coming drive will be on in
full swing in Topeka tomorrow morn
ing. Team captains and workers are
straininG at the leash and impatiently
waiting for the whistle to announce
the start of the onslaught. The goal on
which their eyes are set is a fund of
$4,000 which will be used in complet-
ing the Salvation Army home.
Last spring these same campaigners
went out for funds in the first phase
of the drive and when the smoke and
dust of battle had cleared away the
Salvation Army was pcrched serenely
on top of s31, 900 large round dollars
In a very short time the first dirt was
turned for the erection of the home,
and today that building stands almost
half completed. The drive last spring
was called off few thousand dollars
short of the announced objective be-
caus. it could not be definitely ascer-
Iained just what the Salvation Army
home would cost That question is
answered now. The full sum need ed
is $50 600, and the $4,000 asked in
the crive which starts tomorrow morn
ing Will round out that amount.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
BY JANE PHELPS

had been very brave so far but when
l found myself really on the way to
the station l began to feel not quite
So sure 1 could carry out my plan of
showing Everett I could be as indie
pendent as Leola.
1 had allowed myself ample time
too much for my comfort. AS the
time for the train to arrive grew near,
l paced the platform nervously. What
If Everett should be SO angry he
wouldn't speak to me. or what If he
should scold me terribly? In my anx-
iety over the manner of his greeting.
l had almost forgotten the two injured
men. the loss of my Jewels, the dam
aged car. and all that had happened
since he left. t
doing here this time of night ?" had
been SO busy with my thoughts that
the train had come in, and Everett
had seen me before realized he had
time to reach me.
Il came to meet you"
where's the carr"
81 came in a taxi. Thomas is
hurt"
1t was like Everett Ito ask no ques-
tions, but his face flushed and shiv-
cred again at the thought of what he
would say when we should be alone
Seated in the taxi he turned to me:
"Now what does this mean?" He
had not kissed me. nor said he was
glad to see me. So reminded him:
You haven't kissed me, Everett"
''I do not intend to until you tell me
what this means. 1 explicitly told you
in my wire to go to bed. Why did you
disobey me 2"
IT wanted to see you" It wasn't
exactly the truth. but 1t might placate
him.
That is no excuse for disobeying
me. Now tell me about Thomas
will talk to you about your action
later"
"A man ran into US, or we into him.
The two cars grazed each other and
Thomas was thrown out and quite Sc
riousiy hurt"
where were your"
In the car. But I wasn't hurt
just bruised and shaken up" /
wouldn't make too light of Il. Tony
surprise. Everett swept me into his
arms and. holding me close. he COW
cred my face with kisses.
Thank God. you weren't injured"
he said as he put me out of his arms
only when we drew up to the curb.
While he was paying the man won-
dered if ever there was another man
like him And 1 also wondered IL he
would overlook my, trying to go with
him, and everything that had hap
pened while he had been gone
CTomorrov-Everet hears OF the
accident and robbery.) .-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13
TO End ship TIEUP
Chances for Settlement of n. Y.
Marine Strike Bright Today.
Strikers To Vote ON Return at
Mass Meeting Tonight.

New York. Oct. 13.-Hope for an
early settlement of the strike Of forty
thousand longshoremen and marine
workers which has tied up trans-At-
lantic coastwise and harbor traffic
here for almost a week. appeared
bright today. according to T. v. O'Con-
nor. president of the International
Longshoremen's association and John
F. Riley, chairman of the strike COM
mittee.
AS a result of stormy meeting last
night. at which delegates from fifty
four locals urged the men to go back
to work, a mass meeting will be held
tonight for ratifying or rejecting the
proposal to return tomorrow and wait
until December first to press demands
for increased wages
The longshoremen strike was de-
nounced as a violation of THE funda-
mental principles of the American
Federation of Labor" by Samuel Com
pers. president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. in a letter received
today by T. V. O'Connor, president of
tt he International Longshoremen's
union. The strike was unauthorized
by the union and Mr.. O'Connor has
consistently endeavored to induce the
men to return to work.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13
MEN DUG OUT OF JAIL
Two Prisoners Made Escape From
Wabaunsee County Authorities.

Two Prisoners Made Escape From
Wnbaunsee County Authorities.
While Oscar Carlson, deputy sheriff
in Shawnee county, was talking to the
sheriff of Wabaunsee county at the
court house at Alma Saturday regard
ing the removal of two prisoners to
the Shawnee county Jail. word was re-
ceived that the two prisoners wanted
in Topeka had just broken jail. That
was in broad daylight.
The men ran thru the town to some
woodland a quarter Of a mile distant.
There they disappeared and a posse
\ of citizens beat thru the woods with
out any results.
The men are William Mathews and
Chandler Ehrman. charged with burg
larizing the AUSTIN -Snedil.er store in
North Topeka. They were arrested in
Wabaunsee county on a charge of auto
stealing. The state failed to convict
them on that charge so Carlson went
to Alma Saturday to bring the men
back with him.
They dug a hole thru the wall with
the aid of a pump handle smuggled
into the Jail. Carlson states that no
doubt they didn't expect Shawnee
county authorities so soon and planned
the escape for that night. but must
have learned tlat they had only a few
minutes remaining in Jail there and
took the risk of daylight Jail break.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13

While the coal miners of England
and the United States are agitating for
a six-hour day and a five-day week
the miners in the German coal fields
have voted to work Sundays in order
TO insure fuel supply for the fac
tories and the public. The railway
employees of Wurtemhurg have voted
to work ten hours overtime weekly
The Germans know that coal is the
key commodity of-the modern indus
trial system. Inauguration of six
hour. day in the coal mines of this
country would make it necessary for
practically all other industries to slow
down to something approXimating a
six-hour basis. This basis would re-
duce everybody to the scant neces-
saries of life. Those who desire to
continue to go forward. not to turn
backward to the standard of living
endured by the Russian peasants and
The Chinese coolies are opposed to the
idea
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. Is it now possible to send merchan-
disc to Germany?-T L. S.
A. The embargo has been lifted on goods
sent to Germany. During July the last
month for which figures are available, two
and a half million dollars worth of Ameri-
can goods went to Germany.
@; What is meant by store deiivery?-
=, A. In England and some. other countries
the railroads handle a freight shipma Mt
from the door of the shipper TO that of the
consign"e This manner of handling
haulage at each end. was advocated during
the war as a better method than thar in
use here and as possible help toward re-
ievtng congestion.
as the 7. NJ. c: A. and the American
Library assoeiation with the army asd
A The war department and the navy
war work of these agencies on Novem ber
LIST.
O. What is the distinction In the use
OF each other" and "one another ?-'-L. C.
A: Strictly speaking each other" refers
to two individuals, and "one another to
more than two. 1t should be said that two
children play with each other but that
three play with one another, The terms
are, however. quite freely interchanged by
good writer's.
peT,-H r Whqt f was the origin of blottins pa
A., One day early in the nineteenth CEN
tury. at paper mill in Berkshire, England
n careless workman forgot 20 put In the
paper, and the whole went to apparent
waste. The proprietor tried to write on
the worthless paper, and discovered that
tne Ink spread all over the surface He
blotters.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-13
HIGH SCHOOL FRAT
School Authorities Think There
Is New Secret Society.
Ten Boys Called Up on the
Carpet Today.
DENY FRATERNITY is ALIVE
They Offer To Make Affidavit
to This Effect.
School Men Want Jewelry of
Members Turned In.

Fraternities in the Topeka high
school have lives like the salamanders
of fable. according to the belief of the
school authorities. The frats are sup
posedly killed and their ashes safely
burned when all OF a sudden some new
orga nization with from ten to twenty
members springs to life and flourishes
for a time.
The latest fraternity to be brought
to the light at the school is the Phi
Sigma Delta--now admittedly defunct
by its erstwhile members. This frat
flourished and had its being all during
the school term last year. according to
testimony given by various members
of it at an investigation at the school
this morning. But it was allowed to
die during the summer and was not re-
vived as Il fraternity this year, so the
members say. This year its sole ac-
tivity has been the promotion of vari-
Gus Friday night subscription dances.
the fraternity itself being more or less
of a dance corporation
Ten Boys on Carpet.
Ten boys alleged to be members of
the fraternity were called into A. J..
Stout's office this morning to show
cause why they should not be expelled
from school for belonging to a fra
ternity- The state law provides that
no fraternities or sororities shall exist
in the high schools in the state. The
boys all admitted membership in the
,, fraternity last year, but maintained
that the fraternity is dead at this
! time. They asserted their readiness
to do everything possible to prove this
statement.
! The boys themselves are authority
| for the assertion that Superintendent
! Stout said he would consider the turn
| ing in of all fraternity jewelry and
membership cards at least part proof
| of the boys statement that the fra
ternity has ceased to exist In aGdi-
| ton to this the boys say they intend
! to submit a signed affidavit duly -at-
| tested to the effect that they each and
severally have belonged to the frater-
! nifty in question but do not now and
| have no intentions of SO doing in the
! future.
Have Faith in Stout.
| All the boys interviewed today seem
to have a sublime faith in the square
ness OF Stout" and the certainty that
| he will do everything to see that they
| "get a square deal" In ia ct the boys
seem to pin their entire faith in the
matter ON. the superintendent of
| schools and hope that they will be
able to prove to that officials satisfac-
| tion that this fraternity is plumb
| dead and cannot be revived.
| The boys who were called into Su-
| perintendent Stout's office today were
Leander French, Loehr Rigby. Fran
els Wilson, Ray ulsh. Arthur Stickel.
Sheldon Monroe, Ben Marsh, Allen
| Kimball Harry Mckee and VILLA m
the fraternity who are not in school
| this year were named by these boys as
Keith Estes. Perry Brewer and Fred
| Anderson.